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| Muses-A / Hiten | Muses-B / Haruka | Muses-C / Hayabusa | Hayabusa-2 |
This page contains philatelic information on the Muses-series spacecraft. Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes are given when available. If readers know of additional information or images, please contact the authors using the e-mail addresses at the bottom of this page.
Muses also goes by the acronym MUSES (Mu [Mu, also known as M, was a series of Japanese solid-fueled carrier rockets] Space Engineering Spacecraft).
| Launch information (found elsewhere) |
Launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers) (farther below) |
Other postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.) (immediately below) |
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| Muses-series lunar-exploration (Japan) | Muses (Japan) | Muses (Japan) |
| Muses-series astronomical (Japan) | ||
| Muses-series asteroid-exploration (Japan) |
Below is a list of Muses-series spacecraft postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.).
| Country | Catalog Number | Type of Item | Year of Issue | Notes on Content |
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| Muses (Japan) | ||||
| Burundi | BL500A BL500B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi3480A) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi3480B) | 2014 | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) |
| Central African Republic | Mi3820 | One of MS4 (Mi3817-3820) | 2012 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") |
| Central African Republic | Mi3817-3120_ms4 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Central African Republic | BL978 | In (lower) margin of SS1 | ||
| Central African Republic | BL978 fdc | SS1 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms (Mi none) | MS2 (a-b) [known illegal issue] | 2019 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms fdc | MS2 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Haybusa-2") (in stamps); Hayabusa-2 / Muses-C follow-on (in cachet) | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss (BL none) | SS1 [known illegal issue] | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ss fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Congo Republic | Unknown2 ss fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | Hayabusa / Muses-C | |
| Congo Republic | Unknown ms fdc | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Djibouti | 1607 (BL1257) | On stamp of SS1 | 2018 | "Hayabusa-2" (Muses-C follow-on) |
| France | 6100a (Mi8049) | In (surrounding) margin of MS15 (15x 6100), also annotated | 2021 | Hayabusa-2 [#13] |
| Gambia | 3050 (BL703) i3050 | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | 2006 | "Muses-C" / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above Saturn's moon Hyperion; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa") |
| Guinea Republic | BL1109A BL1109B | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (Mi4523A) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (Mi4523B) | 2006 | "sonde spatiale Hayabusa" (Muses-C) |
| Guinea Republic | BL1109A fdc | SS1 on FDC | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4495A Mi4495B | One of MS5 (Mi4492A-4496A) One of imperforate MS5 (Mi4492B-4496B) | 2009 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" |
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4495A ds | Deluxe sheet (Mi4495A) | ||
| Guinea-Bissau | Mi4492A-4496A_ms5 fdc | MS5 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Guyana | 3928 (Mi7845-7848) i3928 | MS4 (3928 (a-d)) Imperforate MS4 (i3928 (a-d)) | 2006 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above an unknown planetary object; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa"); (the launch (stamp 'a'); Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa (stamp 'c') but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material (stamp 'd')) |
| Guyana | 3932 (BL802A) i3932 (BL802B) | SS1 Imperforate SS1 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" (but incorrectly depicted above Saturn's moon Hyperion; it should be above the "Asteroid Itokawa") | |
| Japan | 3017e (Mi4471) | One of strip of 2 (3017e-f), or one of MS10 (3017 (a-j)) (Mi4467-4476) | 2008 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Japan | 3017a-j fdc | One of ten stamps on FDC | ||
| Japan | None | Cinderella MS10 folder front, also back | 2010 | "Asteroid explorer Hayabusa" |
| Japan | Unlisted1 | Frame stamp, from MS10 | 2014 | Asteroid Itokawa, and a rocket symbolizing the Muses-C mission (Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | Unlisted2 | Frame stamp (different) | ||
| Japan | 2937a cover (Mi3898-3899 cover) | (Pictorial) cancel and (JPS Stamp Club) cachet on cover | 2015 | Muses-C; also Asteroid Itokawa in the two stamps reproduced in the cachet (Muses-C crash-landed on Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | None | Printed stamp and (pictorial) cancel and (JPS Stamp Club) cachet on stamped envelope, also cachet detail | 2015 | Muses-C; also Asteroid Itokawa in the two stamps reproduced in the cachet (Muses-C crash-landed on Asteroid Itokawa but still managed to get back to Earth with a tiny amount of asteroid material) |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover (Mi4471-4472 cover) | One of strip of 2 on cover (Cosmopex/JPS Space Stamp Club cachet) | 2016 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover1 (Mi4471-4472 cover1) | One of strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel and (Cosmopex/JPS Space Stamp Club) cachet on cover | 2020 | Muses-C / Hayabusa (on stamp), Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 (in cancels and in cachet of cover1) |
| Japan | 3017e-f cover2 (Mi4471-4472 cover2) | One of strip of 2 and (pictorial) cancel on postcard | ||
| Japan | None | (Cosmopex 2020) poster | 2020 | Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 |
| Korea (North) | 4868 (BL728) | On label1 and in (lower-left) margin of MS2 (4868 (a-b + 2 labels)) | 2009 | Muses-C / Hayabusa |
| Korea (North) | 4868c (BL729) | In (lower-left) margin of SS1 (4868a) | ||
| Malagasy (DR) | 1051 (BL175) | In (upper) margin of SS1 | 1992 | "Muses-A" / Hiten |
| Niger | 843Bc (BL78A) i843Bc (BL78B) | In (upper-right) margin of SS1 (843B) In (upper-right) margin of imperforate SS1 (i843B) | 1991 | "Muses-A" / Hiten launch |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2097 (Mi4068-4071) i2097 | In (lower-center) margin of MS4 (a-d) In (lower-center) margin of imperforate MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | Muses-B / Haruka / "HALCA" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2097 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2120 fdc (BL692 fdc) | (Multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | 2009 | Muses-B / Haruka / HALCA |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2138 (Mi4135-4138) | In (lower-center) margin of MS4 (a-d) | 2009 | Muses-A / "Hiten" |
| St. Thomas and Prince Islands | 2138 fdc | MS4 on FDC | ||
| Sierra Leone | Unknown c (Mi17852) | One of MS4 (a-d) (Mi17850-17853) | 2023 | "Hayabusa-2" |
| Sierra Leone | Unknown ss (BL3076) | In (upper) margin of SS1 (Mi17855) | ||
| Tanzania | 2445 (BL593) | SS1 | 2006 | "Muses-C" / Hayabusa |
| Togo | 2032 (Mi3313) | 2006 | Muses-C / "Hayabusa" | |
| Tuvalu | 1389 (Mi2322-2325) | MS4 (1389 (a-d)) | 2017 | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Hayabusa-2"); "MINERVA1-2", "MASCOT1" |
| Tuvalu | 1389 fdc | MS4 and (multi-color printed) cachet on FDC | ||
| Tuvalu | 1389 proof | Signed-proof MS4 (a-d) | ||
| Tuvalu | 1390 (BL264) | SS1, with stamp | Hayabusa / Muses-C (not "Hayabusa-2"); "MINERVA1-2", "MASCOT1" (launch date in text) | |
1Hayabusa-2 carried MINERVA-2, a container with three small rovers designed to be deployed on an asteroid's surface, and MASCOT, a fourth rover, larger than the others, that carried its own set of scientific instruments. On 21 September 2018, Hayabusa-2 ejected the first two rovers from MINERVA-2 (Rovers 1A and 1B), from about 55 m above asteroid Ryugu. They fell independently to the surface.
Below is a list of Muses-series spacecraft launch covers (including anniversary-of-launch covers, and launch-related event covers).
| Country | Cancel Date | Cancel Location | Type of Item | Notes on Content |
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| Muses (Japan) | ||||
| 1990-01-24: Muses-A / Hiten and Hagoromo | ||||
| Japan | 1990-01-24 | Usuda | (Space Voyage) cachet on cover | Muses-A launch |
| 1997-02-12: Muses-B / Haruka / HALCA | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| 2003-05-09: Muses-C / Hayabusa, MINERVA | ||||
| Australia | 2003-05-09 | Uchinoura, Kagoshima | (Silk) cachet on cover | Muses-C launch (Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A/Optus-B depicted) [silk portion of cachet also found on this Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A3 cover and this Eutelsat-1-F4 and Aussat-A3 cover] |
| Muses-C (post-launch events) | ||||
| Australia | 2010-06-13 | Woomera SA | (Multi-color printed) cachet on cover | SRC (Sample Recovery Capsule) return |
| Australia | 2010-06-13 | Woomera SA | (Multi-color printed) cachet (different) on cover | SRC (Sample Recovery Capsule) return |
| 2014-12-03: Muses-C follow-on / Hayabusa-2 (and OSCAR-81/82 and PROCYON) | ||||
| No launch cover images available yet | ||||
| Hayabusa-2 (post-launch events) | ||||
| United States | 2018-06-12 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 approaches Asteroid 'Ryugu'" |
| United States | 2018-09-21 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Rovers landing" |
| France | 2018-10-03 | Tolouse-Rangueil, Haute-Garonne | (Association La Marianne) cachet on cover | "MASCOT lands on the asteroid Ryugu" (in French text) |
| United States | 2018-10-26 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Box-C operations" |
| United States | 2018-11-22 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 conjunction transition orbit" |
| United States | 2018-11-29 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | Hayabusa-2 "first Trajectory Control Maneuver (TCM01)" |
| United States | 2019-03-20 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 crater search operation" |
| United States | 2019-04-02 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 begins SCI operation" |
| United States | 2019-07-11 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 touch down" on asteroid Ryugu, and sample collection |
| United States | 2019-10-08 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 Minerva mission completion" |
| United States | 2020-10-22 | Pasadena CA | (Red Eagle) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 return trajectory course maneuver-1" |
| Finland | 2020-12-06 | Kerava | (SVP) cachet on cover | "Hayabusa-2 ... re-entry capsule returned to Earth" |
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