Hayabusa2 spacecraft

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Hayabusa2 spacecraft is a Japanese asteroid sample-return probe that visited the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, collected surface and subsurface material, and successfully returned samples to Earth for scientific study.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf asteroid sample-return spacecraft
space probe
arrivalAtTargetDate 2018-06-27
communicationBand Ka-band
X-band
countryOfOrigin Japan
departureFromTargetDate 2019-11-13
developedBy JAXA Institute of Space and Astronautical Science NERFINISHED
extendedMission rendezvous with small asteroid 1998 KY26
extendedMissionPlannedEncounterYear 2031
extendedMissionTarget 1998 KY26
firstTouchdownOnRyuguDate 2019-02-22
landerName Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout
landerOperator German Aerospace Center (DLR)
surface form: DLR

German Aerospace Center (DLR)
surface form: German Aerospace Center
landerPartnerAgency CNES
launchDate 2014-12-03
launchSite Tanegashima Space Center NERFINISHED
Yoshinobu Launch Complex NERFINISHED
launchVehicle H-IIA launch vehicle
surface form: H-IIA 202
manufacturer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED
massAtLaunch about 600 kilograms
approximately 609 kg
missionDurationPrimary about 6 years
missionObjective investigate the origins of water and organic materials in the solar system
return samples from asteroid Ryugu to Earth
study the composition and structure of a C-type asteroid
missionType asteroid sample-return mission
notableAchievement first mission to return subsurface samples from an asteroid
returned the largest quantity of asteroid samples to Earth as of 2020
onboardLander MASCOT
onboardRover MINERVA
surface form: MINERVA-II-1A

MINERVA
surface form: MINERVA-II-1B

MINERVA
surface form: MINERVA-II-2
operator JAXA NERFINISHED
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency NERFINISHED
powerSource solar panels
predecessor Hayabusa spacecraft
surface form: Hayabusa
propulsion ion engines
reentryCapsuleLandingCountry Australia
reentryCapsuleLandingSite Woomera Test Range
surface form: Woomera Prohibited Area
returnedSampleMass more than 5 grams of asteroid material
over 5.4 grams
sampleCollectionMethod projectile impactor and horn collection system
sampleReturnToEarthDate 2020-12-06
scientificInstruments laser altimeter (LIDAR)
Near Infrared Spectrometer
surface form: near-infrared spectrometer (NIRS3)

optical navigation camera (ONC)
thermal infrared imager (TIR)
SCIImpactDate 2019-04-05
SCIType kinetic impactor
secondTouchdownOnRyuguDate 2019-07-11
spacecraftBus Hayabusa-derived bus
subsurfaceSamplingDevice SCI
Small Carry-on Impactor
target 162173 Ryugu
targetType near-Earth asteroid

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency operatorOf Hayabusa2 spacecraft
Hayabusa spacecraft successorMission Hayabusa2 spacecraft
subject surface form: Hayabusa
this entity surface form: Hayabusa2