Launched Akari (Astro-F), a Japanese infrared astronomy satellite developed with European and Korean partners to survey the entire sky in near-, mid- and far-infrared wavelengths using a 68.5 cm cooled telescope.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- LEO
- Low Earth orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 966 kg
- Flight
- 6th
- of 7 M-V flights
- Date and time
- 21 February 2006, 21:28 UTC
- Rocket
- M-V
- Builder
- IHI
- Launch site
- Mu Center, Uchinoura Space Center, Japan
- Payload
- Astrophysics
- International designator
- 2006-005
- Launches in 2006
- 5th of 66
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