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H-IIA 202 | Hayabusa-2
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H-IIA 202 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries's 23rd launch · 4th this year · humanity's 5,428th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 3, 04:22 – Dec 3, 04:22 UTC
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Hayabusa-2
Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, "Peregrine falcon 2") is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It follows on from the Hayabusa mission which returned asteroid samples in June 2010. Hayabusa2 carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing, sampling, and four small rovers that investigated the asteroid surface to inform the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.
Robotic Exploration · Heliocentric N/A (Helio-N/A)
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- 小惑星探査機「はやぶさ2」打ち上げ中継 ｜Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2" Launch Live Broadcast — JAXA | 宇宙航空研究開発機構
