Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Kaguya
H-IIA 2022
SUCCESS
Success
Friday, September 14, 2007 · 01:31 UTC
Mission
/01Kaguya, also known as SELENE, was the second Japanese lunar orbiter spacecraft. Kaguya usede a suite of 15 instruments to gather scientific data on lunar origins and evolution. The main orbiter was accompanied by two smaller satellites: a relay satellite Okina and a satellite Ouna for Very Long Baseline Interferometry observations. Kaguya orbited the Moon for a year and eight months and then ended the mission via a planned impact on the lunar surface.
Mission Type
Lunar Exploration
Orbit
Lunar Orbit (LO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
H-IIA 2022
Variant: 2022
Launch Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
30.401° N, 130.978° E
20
Pad Launches
44
Location Launches
23
Agency Launches
42
Orbital This Year