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 Artist's impression of Hayabusa2 firing its ion thrusters | |
| Mission type | Asteroid sample-return |
|---|---|
| Operator | JAXA |
| COSPAR ID | 2014-076A |
| SATCAT no. | 40319 |
| Website | www |
| Mission duration | 6 years (planned) (9 years, 6 months and 13 days elapsed) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | Hayabusa |
| Manufacturer | NEC[1] |
| Launch mass | 600 kg[2] |
| Dry mass | 490 kg (1,080 lb) [3] |
| Dimensions | Spacecraft bus: 1 × 1.6 × 1.25 m (3 ft 3 in × 5 ft 3 in × 4 ft 1 in) Solar panel: 6 m × 4.23 m (19.7 ft × 13.9 ft) |
| Power | 2.6 kW (at 1 au), 1.4 kW (at 1.4 au) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 December 2014, 04:22:04 UTC[4] |
| Rocket | H-IIA 202 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Space Center, LA-Y |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries |
| End of mission | |
| Landing date | Re-entry capsule: 5 December 2020 UTC [5] |
| Landing site | Woomera, Australia |
| Flyby of Earth | |
| Closest approach | 3 December 2015 |
| Distance | 3,090 km (1,920 mi) [6] |
| Rendezvous with (162173) Ryugu | |
| Arrival date | 27 June 2018, 09:35 UTC [7] |
| Departure date | 12 November 2019 [8] |
| Sample mass | 5.4 grams[9](including gas samples) |
| (162173) Ryugu lander | |
| Landing date | 21 February 2019 |
| (162173) Ryugu lander | |
| Landing date | 11 July 2019 |
| Flyby of Earth (Sample return) | |
| Closest approach | 5 December 2020 UTC [5] |
Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, lit. 'Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It is a successor to the Hayabusa mission, which returned asteroid samples for the first time in June 2010.[10] Hayabusa2 was launched on 3 December 2014 and rendezvoused in space with near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu on 27 June 2018.[11] It surveyed the asteroid for a year and a half and took samples. It left the asteroid in November 2019 and returned the samples to Earth on 5 December 2020 UTC.[8][12][13] Its mission has now been extended through at least 2031, when it will rendezvous with the small, rapidly-rotating asteroid 1998 KY26.
Hayabusa2 carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing and sampling, and four small rovers to investigate the asteroid surface and analyze the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.
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- ^ a b Bartels, Meghan (13 November 2019). "Farewell, Ryugu! Japan's Hayabusa2 Probe Leaves Asteroid for Journey Home". Space.com. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023.
- ^ "Hayabusa2 returned with 5 grams of asteroid soil, far more than target". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. Archived from the original on 1 October 2023.
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- ^ Clark, Stephen (28 June 2018). "Japanese spacecraft reaches asteroid after three-and-a-half-year journey". Spaceflight Now. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 2 July 2018.
- ^ Chang, Kenneth (5 December 2020). "Japan's Journey to an Asteroid Ends With a Hunt in Australia's Outback". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 20 January 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2020.
- ^ Rincon, Paul (6 December 2020). "Hayabusa-2: Capsule with asteroid samples in 'perfect' shape". BBC News. Archived from the original on 24 October 2023. Retrieved 6 December 2020.