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2014 · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Hayabusa-2

successH-IIA 202 | 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.

Overview

Date / time
December 3, 2014 at 04:22 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Mission
Hayabusa-2
Mission type
Robotic Exploration
Orbit achieved
Heliocentric N/A
Launch vehicle
H-IIA 202 →
Launch provider
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries →

Payloads deployed · 4

DESPATCH (ARTSAT 2)
Heliocentric
HAYABUSA 2
Heliocentric
PROCYON
Heliocentric
SHIN'EN 2 (FO-82)
Heliocentric