Trajectory & orbital insertion
Ascent path is a representation — true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science
Provider type
Government
Orbit
Elliptical
Mission type
Astrophysics
Launch site
Japan
Date
Wed, 12 Feb 1997 04:50:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4124 ever
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.