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Hayabusa 2

Hayabusa 2
Hayabusa 2 is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission planning to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe and three miniature rovers on the surface, and then return samples to Earth. Hayabusa is projected to arrive at asteroid 1999 JU3 in 2018.Launch: December 2014Operating Network: Deep Space Network

Hayabusa 2 is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) mission planning to rendezvous with an asteroid, land a small probe and three miniature rovers on the surface, and then return samples to Earth. Hayabusa is projected to arrive at asteroid 1999 JU3, also called “Ryugu,” in 2018.

Launch: December 2014Operating Network: Deep Space Network

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