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Haruka
M-V · Astrophysics
1997Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- ISAS
- Rocket
- M-V
- Orbit
- Elliptical
- Pad
- Mu Center
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2