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M-V | Hayabusa launched on Fri, May 9, 2003, 04:29 AM UTC — a Institute of Space and Astronautical Science mission.
NET Fri, May 9, 2003, 04:29 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for M-V to Asteroid. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative M-V ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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.
Around this launch
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Good to know
M-V | Hayabusa is scheduled to lift off Fri, May 9, 2003, 04:29 AM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
M-V | Hayabusa is an Institute of Space and Astronautical Science mission flying on a M-V.
It lifts off from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.