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JAXA's Hayabusa2 arrived at Ryugu in 2018, delivered a sample capsule to Earth in 2020, and continued its Extended Mission after a Torifune flyby; 1998 KY26 is its new target destination.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIA Launch Vehicle No.26
- Launch site
- Tanegashima Space Center
- Countries
- Japan
- Mission types
- Sample return, Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Mission architecture
Vehicles
Hayabusa2 · Spacecraft
Destinations: Ryugu, Earth, 2001 CC21 Torifune, 1998 KY26
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.
Source records and sampling assumptions are retained with the repository data. Model attitude and surface appearance are illustrative.
- Hayabusa2: Reconstructed · December 4, 2014 to November 25, 2026
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 4, 2026
- Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 | Spacecraft | ISAS — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 sets a new record for closest approach during a Solar System body flyby mission — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · destination/body context · event claims
- GCAT: General Catalog of Artificial Space Objects (deep-space catalog), J. McDowell — OTHEROther · Supports: mission claims
- Asteroid Explorer Hayabusa2 Flight Status and Orbit Calculation Result — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context