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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · Tanegashima Space Center, Japan · 2028-04-20 · 00:00:00 UTC

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Vehicle

H3-24

Orbit

Asteroid

Crewed

Mission

Planetary Science

Operator

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Mission Details

PayloadDESTINY+ & RAMSES

Mission typePlanetary Science

Launch siteTanegashima Space Center · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2

OrbitAsteroid

Operator agencyMitsubishi Heavy Industries

CountryJapan

Date2028-04-20

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DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned asteroid exploration mission to 3200 Phaethon, the parent body of the Geminids meteor shower. It will demonstrate further improvements of low cost solar electric propulsion in deep space and innovative light-weight solar array panel technology. The spacecraft will carry 3 science instruments: * DESTINY Dust Analyzer (DDA) * Telescopic Camera for Phaethon

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