M-V | Haruka
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Launch Window
Feb. 12, 1997, 4:50 a.m. - Feb. 12, 1997, 4:50 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Feb. 12, 1997, 4:50 a.m. - Feb. 12, 1997, 4:50 a.m.
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.
The M-V rocket also called Mu-5 was a Japanese solid-fuel rocket designed to launch scientific satellites.
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A batch of 28 satellites for the Starlink mega-constellation - SpaceX's project for space-based Internet communication system.
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