Launched JAXA's Suzaku (Astro-E2) X-ray astronomy satellite from Uchinoura, a joint mission with NASA Goddard to study black holes, supernova remnants and galaxy clusters. Weeks after launch a cooling system malfunction caused its liquid helium coolant to boil off by August 8.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.7 T
- Flight
- 5th
- of 7 M-V flights
- Date and time
- 10 July 2005, 03:30 UTC
- Rocket
- M-V
- Builder
- IHI
- Launch site
- Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2005-025
- Launches in 2005
- 28th of 56
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