LAUNCH MISSION

ISAS M-V Hayabusa

Name: ISAS M-V Hayabusa
Start: 2003-05-09T04:29:25.000Z
Location: Mu Center

Status

Success

DATE

9 MAY 2003

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Institute of Space and Astronautical Science

Launch Pad

Mu Center

Description

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.

M-V rocket used for the Hayabusa space launch

M-V

Rocket Description

The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.