Mu Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Mu family, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Mu made 7 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1997 and 2006. 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

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
2006 2 2 0 100%
2005 1 1 0 100%
2003 1 1 0 100%
2000 1 0 1 0%
1998 1 1 0 100%
1997 1 1 0 100%

Variants

Counts for each Mu variant recorded in GCAT, at LV_TYPE granularity. Variants with their own page are linked.

Variant Flights Successes Failures First year Last year
M-V 7 6 1 1997 2006

Recent launches

The most recent Mu family launches, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Vehicle Site / Pad Outcome
Sep 22, 2006 2006-041 M-V-7 : HIT-SAT, SolarSail Subpayload Sat, SOLAR-B M-V KASC / M-V Success
Feb 21, 2006 2006-005 M-V-8 : Solar Sail SubPayload, CUTE-1.7-APD, ASTRO-F M-V KASC / M-V Success
Jul 10, 2005 2005-025 M-V-6 : RAMS/TSD, ASTRO-E2 M-V KASC / M-V Success
May 9, 2003 2003-019 M-V-5 : MUSES-C RV, Minerva Hopper Lander, MUSES C M-V KASC / M-V Success
Feb 10, 2000 2000-U01 M-V-4 : ASTRO E M-V KASC / M-V Failure
Jul 3, 1998 1998-041 M-V-3 : PLANET-B M-V KASC / M-V Success
Feb 12, 1997 1997-005 M-V-1 : MUSES-B M-V KASC / M-V Success