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M-V | Suzaku launched on Sun, Jul 10, 2005, 03:30 AM UTC — a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency mission.
NET Sun, Jul 10, 2005, 03:30 AM UTC
Mission profile
Flight simulation
A representative gravity-turn climb for M-V to Low Earth Orbit. Illustrative model — not this mission’s live telemetry.
SimulatedRepresentative M-V ascent profile — illustrative model, not this mission’s live telemetry.
The mission
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
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Good to know
M-V | Suzaku is scheduled to lift off Sun, Jul 10, 2005, 03:30 AM UTC.
A live webcast will appear on this page as soon as the provider publishes a stream link.
M-V | Suzaku is an Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency mission flying on a M-V.
It lifts off from Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan.