Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Kaguya

H-IIA 2022

SUCCESS
Success

Friday, September 14, 2007 · 01:31 UTC

Mission

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Kaguya, 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

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Rocket

H-IIA 2022

Variant: 2022

Launch Pad

Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

30.401° N, 130.978° E

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