Launch Overview
Vehicle
M-V
Agency
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Site / Pad
KASC / M-V
Outcome
Success
Flight
M-V-1
COSPAR Designator
1997-005
Mission
Haruka (Astrophysics)
HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communication and Astronomy), a.k.a. VSOP (Very Large Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme) or Muses-B, is the first astronomical satellite dedicated to Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). It was launched on its maiden flight by ISAS's M-5 [KM-V1] launch vehicle from Kagoshima Space Center on 12 February 1997.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
M-V
Provider
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Agency launches
29 (1 YTD)
Site launches
29 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
24 (1 YTD)