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Hakuto-R Mission 1

Also known as HakutoRM1, Hakuto-R Mission1

ispace · Launched

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Failed · Failure

A commercial Japanese technology demonstration lander, built by ispace, that reached lunar orbit but was lost during its descent to the surface.

Destinations
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9 Full Thrust
Launch site
Cape Canaveral, United States
Countries
Japan
Mission types
Lander

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    Hakuto-R Mission 1 launched on a Falcon 9 alongside Lunar Flashlight

  2. Orbit insertion

    Lunar orbit insertion was achieved

    Moon

  3. Milestone

    A 100 km circular lunar orbit was achieved

    Moon

  4. Impact

    The lander and its two carried rovers were lost during descent

    ispace reports a software altitude-estimation failure: the lander slowed while still about 5 km above the surface, then exhausted its propellant and fell. Rashid and the transformable robot were not deployed. Published scheduled landing times differ and do not establish an exact impact time.

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • Hakuto-R Mission 1 · Lander

    Destinations: Moon

    • Rashid · Rover · Lost aboard the lander before deployment

      Destinations: Moon

    • Transformable Lunar Robot · Rover · Lost aboard the lander before deployment

      Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

Time-dependent navigation trajectory

Source states place the model at the selected time. Reconstructed flight, estimates, predictions and historical mission plans are identified by interval; gaps remain visible.

J2000 · Sun-centered display · positions interpolated between source states

Coverage: March 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023

Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.

  • Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander: Project Pluto optical-fit transfer estimate, 1 March 2023 08:00–16:00 UTC; lunar flight is uncovered. · March 1, 2023 to March 1, 2023

Provenance

Sources

Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.

Data verified through October 11, 2026