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M-V | Haruka launched on Wed, Feb 12, 1997, 04:50 AM UTC — a Institute of Space and Astronautical Science mission.
NET Wed, Feb 12, 1997, 04:50 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for M-V to Elliptical Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative M-V ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
HALCA (Highly Advanced Laboratory for Communication and Astronomy), a.k.a. VSOP (Very Large Baseline Interferometry Space Observatory Programme) or Muses-B, is the first astronomical satellite dedicated to Very-Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI). It was launched on its maiden flight by ISAS's M-5 [KM-V1] launch vehicle from Kagoshima Space Center on 12 February 1997.
Around this launch
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Good to know
M-V | Haruka is scheduled to lift off Wed, Feb 12, 1997, 04:50 AM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
M-V | Haruka is an Institute of Space and Astronautical Science mission flying on a M-V.
It lifts off from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.