Mu-3S-II Launch History

Every orbital and deep-space launch attempt by the Mu-3S-II, year by year, drawn from the GCAT launch catalog.

Data current as of 2026-07-20.

Mu-3S-II made 8 orbital and deep-space launch attempts between 1985 and 1995. Of those, 7 succeeded and 1 failed. The success rate comes to 88 percent. The busiest year was 1985, with 2 flights. The most recent flight in the catalog was in 1995.

8
Launch attempts
7
Successes
1
Failures
88%
Success rate

Launches per year

Year by year

Year Attempts Successes Failures Success rate
1995 1 0 1 0%
1993 1 1 0 100%
1991 1 1 0 100%
1990 1 1 0 100%
1989 1 1 0 100%
1987 1 1 0 100%
1985 2 2 0 100%

Launch sites used

Sites the Mu-3S-II launched from, across every launch in the catalog.

Site Country Launches Successes Failures
KASC 🇯🇵Japan 8 7 1

Launch chronology

Every Mu-3S-II launch in the catalog, newest first.

Date Designator Payloads Site / Pad Outcome
Jan 15, 1995 1995-U01 M-3S2-8 : EXPRESS VA No. 19508, EXPRESS SM No. 19507 KASC / M1 Failure
Feb 20, 1993 1993-011 M-3S2-7 : ASTRO-D KASC / M1 Success
Aug 30, 1991 1991-062 M-3S2-6 : SOLAR-A KASC / M1 Success
Jan 24, 1990 1990-007 M-3S2-5 : MUSES-A Subsatellite, MUSES-A KASC / M1 Success
Feb 21, 1989 1989-016 M-3S2-4 : EXOS-D KASC / M1 Success
Feb 5, 1987 1987-012 M-3S2-3 : ASTRO-C KASC / M1 Success
Aug 18, 1985 1985-073 M-3S2-2 : PLANET-A KASC / M1 Success
Jan 7, 1985 1985-001 M-3S2-1 : MS-T5 KASC / M1 Success