M-V Launch History
Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the M-V, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog. It is one of the variants covered on the Mu family page.
Data current as of 2026-07-20.
M-V made 7 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1997 and 2006. It is part of the Mu family. Of those, 6 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 86 percent. The busiest year was 2006, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 2006.
7
Launch attempts
6
Successes
1
Failures
86%
Success rate
Launches per year
Successes
Failures
Each bar links to that year's full chronology.
Year by year
Launch sites used
Sites the M-V launched from, across every launch in the catalog.
| Site | Country | Launches | Successes | Failures |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KASC | 🇯🇵Japan | 7 | 6 | 1 |
Launch chronology
Every M-V launch in the catalog, newest first.
| Date | Designator | Payloads | Site / Pad | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 2006 | 2006-041 | M-V-7 : HIT-SAT, SolarSail Subpayload Sat, SOLAR-B | KASC / M-V | Success |
| Feb 21, 2006 | 2006-005 | M-V-8 : Solar Sail SubPayload, CUTE-1.7-APD, ASTRO-F | KASC / M-V | Success |
| Jul 10, 2005 | 2005-025 | M-V-6 : RAMS/TSD, ASTRO-E2 | KASC / M-V | Success |
| May 9, 2003 | 2003-019 | M-V-5 : MUSES-C RV, Minerva Hopper Lander, MUSES C | KASC / M-V | Success |
| Feb 10, 2000 | 2000-U01 | M-V-4 : ASTRO E | KASC / M-V | Failure |
| Jul 3, 1998 | 1998-041 | M-V-3 : PLANET-B | KASC / M-V | Success |
| Feb 12, 1997 | 1997-005 | M-V-1 : MUSES-B | KASC / M-V | Success |