H-IIA 202 | Hayabusa-2

Mission Status

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Mission Details

Hayabusa2 (Japanese: はやぶさ2, "Peregrine falcon 2") is an asteroid sample-return mission operated by the Japanese space agency, JAXA. It follows on from the Hayabusa mission which returned asteroid samples in June 2010. Hayabusa2 carries multiple science payloads for remote sensing, sampling, and four small rovers that investigated the asteroid surface to inform the environmental and geological context of the samples collected.

Mission Type Robotic Exploration
Orbit Heliocentric N/A
Launch Window 04:22 AM - 04:22 AM

Rocket Configuration

Name H-IIA 202
Manufacturer Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Height 53 m
Diameter 4 m
Maiden Flight 2001-08-29
Success Rate 35/35 (100%)

H-IIA (H2A) is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch Akatsuki, which studied the planet Venus. Launches occur at the Tanegashima Space Center.