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Hakuto-R M2
Failed Japanese private lunar landing mission. Hakuto-R M2 was launched on January 15, 2025 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: left Earth orbit for deep space (Jan 15, 2025).
COSPAR 2025-010BNORAD 62717Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Resilience
- Common name
- Hakuto-R M2
- Payload designation
- Hakuto-R Mission 2
- International designator
- 2025-010B
- NORAD catalog number
- 62717
- GCAT identifier
- S62717
Mission
- Mission type
- Deep space
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- iSpace
- Owner
- iSpace
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- iSpace Inc.
- Platform (bus)
- Hakuto-R
Launch
- Date
- January 15, 2025 · 06:11 UTC
- Launch record
- 2025-010Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC39A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- CLO
- Perigee
- 176 km
- Apogee
- 362,529 km
- Inclination
- 35.17°
- Status
- Left Earth orbit for deep space
- Status date
- January 15, 2025
- Last known active
- Jun 5, 2025
- End of operations
- Jun 5, 2025
Size
- Mass
- 1,050 kg
- Dry mass
- 340 kg
- Length
- 2.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.60 m
- Span
- 2.6 m
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D01176
- Final central body
- Luna
- Phase start
- February 13, 2025
- Phase outcome
- Flyby · February 15, 2025
- Destination
- Earth
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 15, 2025 | Earth | Feb 13, 2025 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Earth | May 6, 2025 | Escaped to another body | Luna |
| May 6, 2025 | Luna | May 6, 2025 | Entered orbit around the target | — |
| May 6, 2025 | Luna | Jun 5, 2025 | Deorbited | 4.53W 60.49N |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luna | Lander (powered landing) | Targeted impact | — | — | 60.50, -4.60 |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q117157446 (CC0).