Hayabusa2
Success
DEC 03201404:22:04 UTCAn H-IIA sent Hayabusa2 onto an Earth-escape trajectory toward the asteroid Ryugu, with the MINERVA-II rovers and the German-built MASCOT lander aboard for deployment on the surface. The rovers were released on 21 September 2018 and MASCOT on 3 October 2018. Hayabusa2's sample capsule parachuted into the Woomera Prohibited Area in South Australia on 6 December 2020.
LIFTOFF
DEC 03 201404:22:04 UTC
Success
launched from Y1 Tanegashima
aboard H2A 202 into Heliocentric
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payloads · 9
- 01
Shin'en 2
Technology demonstration
- 02
PROCYON
Technology demonstration
- 03
Hayabusa2
Asteroid sample return
- 04
DCAM3
Planetary exploration
- 05
MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1A
Asteroid lander
- 06
MINERVA-II-1 Rover 1B
Asteroid lander
- 07
MINERVA-II Rover 2
Asteroid lander
- 08
MASCOT
Asteroid lander
- 09
Despatch (Artsat 2)
Technology demonstration