M-V Launch Vehicle
M-V was the final and largest Mu-series launch vehicle, developed by the former ISAS and later operated within JAXA. The three-stage all-solid rocket could add a fourth-stage kick motor for high-energy missions and launched seven astronomy and planetary spacecraft between 1997 and 2006, with one launch failure.
Identity
- Aliases
- Mu-5Mu VM-5 rocketM-Vロケット
- Family Name
- M-V
- Full Name
- M-V Launch Vehicle
- Reusability
- expendable
- Slug
- m-v-launch-vehicle
- Status
- retired
- Type
- rocket
Details
- Description
- M-V was the final and largest Mu-series launch vehicle, developed by the former ISAS and later operated within JAXA. The three-stage all-solid rocket could add a fourth-stage kick motor for high-energy missions and launched seven astronomy and planetary spacecraft between 1997 and 2006, with one launch failure.
- Diameter M
- 2.5
- First Flight Year
- 1,997
- Height M
- 30.8
- Last Flight Year
- 2,006
- Liftoff Mass Kg
- 140,000
- Parent Vehicle Family Id
- nd7g6dtdgh5xqwr9yq4yk0njqx8afe67
- Payload Capacity Kg
- Leo
- 1,800
- Stages Count
- 3
Links
- Wikipedia Url
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M-V
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:51:53 AM
- Updated Time
- 7/13/2026, 11:51:53 AM