2026-244Latest orbital launch: Falcon 9 · Starlink Group 15-16 · Oct 27, 2026 · VandenbergLaunch record →
sci-techmaventhe history of spaceflight, in data
  1. Home
  2. Spacecraft
  3. DCAM-2
// spacecraft · 2010

DCAM-2

DCAM-2 was launched on May 20, 2010 aboard a H-IIA 202 from Tanegashima. Latest status in GCAT: escaped to another body, attached (May 24, 2010).

COSPAR 2010-020GCAT D00900Japan

Identity

Name in GCAT
DCAM-2
International designator
2010-020
GCAT identifier
D00900

Mission

Mission type
—
Owner
JAXA
Country
Japan
Builder
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Platform (bus)
Ikaros

Launch

Date
May 20, 2010 · 21:58 UTC
Launch record
2010-020Success
Rocket
H-IIA 202
Spaceport
Tanegashima · pad Y

Orbit and fate

Status
Escaped to another body, attached
Status date
May 24, 2010

Size

Mass
1 kg
Dry mass
1 kg

Deep space

Deep-space catalog entry
D00900
Final central body
Earth
Phase start
May 21, 2010
Phase outcome
Escaped to another body, attached · May 24, 2010
Destination
HCO

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).