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Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyLaunch SuccessfulAstrophysicsM-V
Launched 2005-07-10 03:30 UTCMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Low Earth Orbit
Worldwide
28th
orbital launch attempt in 2005
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
2nd
launch this year
Mu Center
1st
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
792 d 23 h
since the pad's previous launch
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
Launch Provider
Government · Japan · Founded 2003 · Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Launches
37
Successful
33
89%
Upcoming
2
scheduled
Height
30.8m
Diameter
2.5m
To low Earth orbit
1,800kg
Liftoff thrust
3,780kN
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