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Hayabusa2

HAH-yah-BOO-sah too
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Hayabusa2 is a Japanese asteroid sample-return spacecraft built and operated by JAXA. Launched in December 2014, it traveled to the near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu, deployed small rovers and a lander onto its surface, fired a projectile to expose subsurface material, and collected two separate samples before its return capsule landed in Australia in December 2020. Its name means peregrine falcon two in Japanese, continuing the original Hayabusa mission that returned the first ever asteroid samples in 2010.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Asteroid sample-return probe 2
Launch Date
2014-12-03 2
Status
Status (category)
Active 1
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Associated With

Ion Thruster, Concepts

Mission Of

Hayabusa Mission, Missions and Programs
Source Hayabusa2 (Wikipedia)

Operated By

JAXA, Space Agencies and Companies
Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source Hayabusa2 (Wikipedia)Hayabusa2 article, mission overview
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Manufactured By

NEC Corporation

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Hayabusa2 (Wikipedia)
  • Its mission was extended through at least 2031, during which it flew by the asteroid 98943 Torifune in July 2026
  • Lead section
    Hayabusa2 was launched on 3 December 2014 and rendezvoused in space with near-Earth asteroid 162173 Ryugu on 27 June 2018.
  • Hayabusa2 article, mission overview
  • Hayabusa2 article, etymology
  • In Group: Asteroid Probes, Hayabusa2 (Japanese: ????2; lit.?'Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA. It is a successor to the Hayabusa mission, which retu
  • Part Of: Hayabusa Mission, Lead paragraph, part-of
    Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2; lit. 'Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
  • Mission Of: Hayabusa Mission, Lead paragraph, mission-of
    Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2; lit. 'Peregrine falcon 2') is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese state space agency JAXA.
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2. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
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