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Hayabusa Return Capsule
Hayabusa Return Capsule was launched on May 9, 2003 aboard a M-V from Uchinoura (Kagoshima). Latest status in GCAT: escaped to another body, attached (May 23, 2004).
COSPAR 2003-019GCAT D00801Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Hayabusa Return Capsule
- Payload designation
- MUSES-C RV
- International designator
- 2003-019
- GCAT identifier
- D00801
Mission
- Mission type
- —
- Owner
- ISAS/JAXA
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Institute of Space and Astronautical Sci
- Platform (bus)
- DASH
Launch
- Date
- May 9, 2003 · 04:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 2003-019Success
- Rocket
- M-V
- Spaceport
- Uchinoura (Kagoshima) · pad M-V
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- EEO
- Status
- Escaped to another body, attached
- Status date
- May 23, 2004
Size
- Mass
- 20 kg
- Dry mass
- 20 kg
Deep space
- Deep-space catalog entry
- D00801
- Final central body
- Earth
- Phase start
- May 15, 2004
- Phase outcome
- Escaped to another body, attached · May 23, 2004
- Destination
- HCO
Flight phases
| From | Central body | Ended | Outcome | Next |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 9, 2003 | Earth | May 13, 2003 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Sep 11, 2005 | Itokawa | Nov 19, 2005 | Landed attached to another object | HCO |
| Nov 19, 2005 | Itokawa | Nov 19, 2005 | Escaped to another body, attached | Itokawa |
| Nov 19, 2005 | Itokawa | Nov 19, 2005 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Nov 24, 2005 | Itokawa | Nov 26, 2005 | Escaped to another body, attached | HCO |
| Jun 10, 2010 | Earth | Jun 13, 2010 | Released | — |
| Jun 13, 2010 | Earth | Jun 13, 2010 | Landed | Woomera |
Landings and impacts
| World | Type | Result | Touchdown | Site | Coordinates |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itokawa | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Nov 10, 2005 | — | — |
| Itokawa | Rover | Landed and operated | Nov 15, 2005 | — | — |
| Itokawa | Secondary component | Targeted impact | Nov 19, 2005 | — | — |
| Itokawa | Secondary component | Landed and operated | Nov 19, 2005 | — | — |
| Itokawa | Secondary component | Landed and operated | Nov 19, 2005 | — | — |
| Itokawa | Secondary component | Landed and operated | December 2005 | — | — |
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0).