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M-V
Launched 2000-02-10 01:30 UTCMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
No cause has been given yet.
Launch failure
Target: Low Earth Orbit
M-V lifted off with ASTRO E, but the launch failed.
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Astro E is a X-ray astronomy satellite bulit as a joint effort of NASA and the Japanese space agency ISAS. Observing the X-ray spectrum of the distant universe, Astro-E was to open a new window into the workings of black holes, neutron stars, active galaxies, and other very energetic objects. Astro E was lost in a launch vehicle failure in February 2000, but a repeat Astro E2 (renamed Suzaku after successful launch) was built to conduct the mission. It was launched in July 2005 aboard a Japanese improved M-5 rocket.
ISAS is a Japanese national research organization of astrophysics using rockets, astronomical satellites and interplanetary probes which played a major role in Japan's space development.
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Height
30.8m
Diameter
2.5m
To low Earth orbit
1,800kg
Liftoff thrust
3,780kN
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