Earth orbit
MUSES-B/VSOP (HALCA)
VLBI observatory.
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
VLBI observatory. This reconstructed record groups 1 GCAT payload or flight element under launch 1997-005; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 12 February 1997, 04:50 UTC
- Launch location
- Kagoshima Space Center, Kagoshima, Kyushu, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- M-V
- Orbit
- Highly elliptical Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · October 2003
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
MUSES-B/VSOP (HALCA)
VLBI observatory.
- GCAT ID
- S24720
- Manufacturer
- Nippon Electric Corp., Space Div., Kamoi Works
- Launch mass
- 832 kg
- Dimensions
- 1 m long · 1.5 m diameter · 10 m span
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