M-V | Suzaku

M-V

Jul 10, 3:30 AM UTC

Mission Elapsed Time

T-00:00:00

Mission Details

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

Type: Astrophysics
Orbit: Low Earth Orbit (LEO)

Launch Site

Pad: Mu Center
Location: Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
Country: 🇯🇵 JPN