Rocket family
Mu
Japan1970 to 2006Mu is Japan's family of all-solid-fuel science rockets, developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science. From 1970 to 2006 it launches most of Japan's scientific satellites and probes, including Sakigake and Suisei to Halley's Comet, the Hiten lunar probe and, on its final version, the M-V, the Hayabusa asteroid sample-return mission.
- Launches
- 30
- Success rate
- 87%
- 3 failures · 1 partial
- First flight
- 1970
- Mu-4S
- Last flight
- 2006
- M-V
- Rocket types
- 6
Launches per year
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| Year | Launches |
|---|---|
| 1970 | 1 |
| 1971 | 2 |
| 1972 | 1 |
| 1974 | 1 |
| 1975 | 1 |
| 1976 | 1 |
| 1977 | 1 |
| 1978 | 2 |
| 1979 | 1 |
| 1980 | 1 |
| 1981 | 1 |
| 1983 | 1 |
| 1984 | 1 |
| 1985 | 2 |
| 1987 | 1 |
| 1989 | 1 |
| 1990 | 1 |
| 1991 | 1 |
| 1993 | 1 |
| 1995 | 1 |
| 1997 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 |
| 2003 | 1 |
| 2005 | 1 |
| 2006 | 2 |