Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Astrophysics
Orbit
Elliptical Orbit (Elliptical)
Location
Unknown
Date
Wed, Feb 12, 1997, 04:50
Weather
Pro