LAUNCH MISSION

JAXA M-V Suzaku

Name: JAXA M-V Suzaku
Start: 2005-07-10T03:30:00.000Z
Location: Mu Center

Status

Success

DATE

10 JUL 2005

LAUNCH PROVIDER

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Launch Pad

Mu Center

Description

Suzaku (formerly ASTRO-EII) was an X-ray astronomy satellite developed jointly by the Institute of Space and Aeronautical Science at JAXA and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center to probe high energy X-ray sources, such as supernova explosions, black holes and galactic clusters. It was launched on 10 July 2005 aboard the M-V rocket on the M-V-6 mission. After its successful launch, the satellite was renamed Suzaku after the mythical Vermilion bird of the South

M-V rocket used for the Suzaku 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.

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