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Suzaku

M-VJapan Aerospace Exploration AgencyMu Center
Sunday, July 10, 2005 · 03:30 AM UTCAdd to Calendar

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Launches39
Successes33

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

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JPN • Founded 2003

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...

Mission Brief

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

PayloadSuzaku
OrbitLow Earth Orbit
CustomerJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Stages0
PadMu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

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Launch Site

Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan

LAUNCH SITE
31.251°N, 131.082°E

Schedule History

No delays or schedule changes recorded.