Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyM-VMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Suzaku
Launched
July 10, 2005
Image: NASA
Summary
Suzaku launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency M-V from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan on July 10, 2005. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 15th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,722nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th M-V flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for low Earth orbit (LEO). Suzaku, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 256 × 548 km orbit inclined 31.4°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- M-V · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Astrophysics · Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
- Milestone
- 5th M-V flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 15th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,722nd orbital launch attempt28th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Suzaku · NORAD 28773 · 2005-025 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2005-025A
- Epoch
- 2005-07-10 06:14:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 15.57570787 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0215924
- Inclination
- 31.3926°
- Ascending node
- 15.2285°
- Arg. of perigee
- 64.0176°
- Mean anomaly
- 298.257°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 2
- B*
- 0.0019742
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: LEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; none still in orbit
- Suzaku · NORAD 28773 · re-entered January 5, 2025
M-V-6 Stage 3 · re-entered December 23, 2005
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South
Pad
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
28th launch from Mu Center, 1st this year · 33rd from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
36 launches from this pad · 43 from Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
about 2 years after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did Suzaku launch?
Suzaku launched on July 10, 2005. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Suzaku?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Suzaku?
M-V, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. M-V spec sheet
Where did Suzaku launch from?
Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Suzaku reach?
Suzaku, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 256 × 548 km orbit inclined 31.4°.
How many satellites did Suzaku launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).