The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
Specifications
- Thrust
- 3,780 kN
- Height
- 30.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.5 m
- Launch mass
- 137 t
- Stages
- 4
- Launch cost
- —
- LEO capacity
- 1,800 kg
- GTO capacity
- —
- GEO capacity
- —
- SSO capacity
- —
Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.
Flight record
Flights
7
Launches with a definitive outcome
Success rate
85.7%
6 of 7
Current success streak
4
Landings
0
0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS
Fastest turnaround
—
Between consecutive booster flights
Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.
Launches
- M-V | Hinode — Success
- M-V | Akari — Success
- M-V | Suzaku — Success
- M-V | Hayabusa — Success
- M-V | ASTRO E — Failure