H-IIA 2022 | Kaguya

Launch Provider & Rocket

• Provider: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (Government)
• Rocket: H-IIA 2022 — H-II family

Mission

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.

• Type: Lunar Exploration
• Orbit: Lunar Orbit (LO)

Launch Site

• Pad: Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
• Location: Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
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