The M-V rocket, also called M-5 or Mu-5, was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites. It was a member of the Mu family of rockets. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) began developing the M-V in 1990 at a cost of 15 billion yen. It has three stages and is high, in diameter, and weighs about . It was capable of launching a satellite weighing into an orbit as high as .
Key facts
- Rocket.name
- M-V
- Rocket.image
- M-V launching ASTRO-E2.jpeg
- Rocket.caption
- The fifth M-V launches with the ASTRO-EII spacecraft.
- Rocket.function
- All-solid small orbital launch vehicle
- Rocket.manufacturer
- Nissan Motors (-2000) IHI AEROSPACE (-2006)
- Rocket.country origin
- Japan
- Rocket.stages
- 3 or 4
- Rocket.payloads
- HALCA, Nozomi,ASTRO-E, HayabusaSuzaku, AKARIHinode
- Rocket.status
- Retired
- Rocket.sites
- Uchinoura M-V
- Rocket.first
- M-V: 10 February 2000M-V KM: 12 February 1997
- Rocket.last
- M-V: 22 September 2006M-V KM: 9 May 2003
- Rocket.launches
- 7 (M-V: 4, M-V KM: 3)
- Rocket.success
- 6 (M-V: 3, M-V KM: 3)
- Rocket.fail
- 1 (M-V)
- Rocket/payload.location
- polar LEO
- Rocket/stage.type
- stage
- Rocket/stage.stageno
- Fourth
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- Launch history
- Following program
- Potential as an intercontinental ballistic missile
- Comparable solid fuel rockets
- See also
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The M-V rocket, also called M-5 or Mu-5, was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites. It was a member of the Mu family of rockets. The Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS) began developing the M-V in 1990 at a cost of 15 billion yen. It has three stages and is high, in diameter, and weighs about . It was capable of launching a satellite weighing into an orbit as high as .
The first M-V rocket launched the HALCA radio astronomy satellite in 1997, and the second the Nozomi Mars explorer in July 1998. The third rocket attempted to launch the Astro-E X-ray satellite on 10 February 2000 but failed. ISAS recovered from this setback and launched Hayabusa to 25143 Itokawa in 2003. The following M-V launch was the scientific Astro-E2 satellite, a replacement for Astro-E, which took place on 10 July 2005. The final launch was that of the Hinode (SOLAR-B) spacecraft, along with the SSSat microsat and a nanosatellite, HIT-SAT, on 22 September 2006.