Launch Overview
Vehicle
M-V
Agency
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Site / Pad
KASC / M-V
Outcome
Success
Flight
M-V-5
COSPAR Designator
2003-019
Mission
Hayabusa (Astrophysics)
MUSES-C (renamed Hayabusa after launch) is a sample return mission to the asteroid. Its primary goal is to acquire and verify technology which is necessary to retrieve samples from a small body in the solar system and to bring back them to the earth.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
M-V
Provider
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Agency launches
32 (1 YTD)
Site launches
32 (1 YTD)
Pad launches
27 (1 YTD)