September 14, 2007 1:31 am

Kaguya

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Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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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.
Launch Overview
Window Open 01:31 UTC
Window Close 01:31 UTC
Lift Off Sep 14, 2007 · 01:31 UTC
Launch Facility Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch Pad Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Payload Kaguya
Rocket H-IIA
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship
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.

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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Launch Overview
Window Open 01:31 UTC
Window Close 01:31 UTC
Lift Off Sep 14, 2007 · 01:31 UTC
Launch Facility Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch Pad Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
Target Orbit Lunar Orbit
Payload Overview
Customer Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Payload Kaguya
Rocket H-IIA
Destination Lunar Orbit
Recovery Overview
Landing Location See Mission Notes
Landing Type RTLS / Droneship

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