Japan Hakuto Mission already has a date of arrival on the Moon. It left Earth on December 11, and its arrival at our natural satellite is expected. April 26.
Released by the company Ispace with the support of the JAXA agency, the ship even has a toy robot, the SORA-Q, made by the renowned company Takara Tomy. To go into space they used a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which left Cape Canaveral.
The Hakuto Mission journey will take almost three months in total, because it was sought to reach the lunar orbit with less fuel. In March it began to orbit our satellite, capturing it in images released by the Japanese company.
“What we have achieved so far It’s already a great achievement.” explained Takeshi Hakamada, CEO of Ispace. “We are applying the lessons learned from this flight to our future missions. The stage is set.”
The steps to follow for Japan’s Hakuto Mission to the Moon
In accordance with the AP agency, once on the lunar surface, the Hakuto lander will establish a telecommunications connection, provided by the European Space Agency, and another for power supply. It will then release the client payloads.
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Among them, in addition to the SORA-Q toy robot, is a rover equipped with a camera from the space agency of the United Arab Emirates, as well as a Canadian computer system that will analyze your images. It also takes a solid state battery from Japan’s NGK Spark Plug.
Added Hakamada: “I am looking forward to witnessing this historic day, ushering in a new era of commercial lunar missions.”
Ispace plans to carry out a second mission in 2024 and a third in 2025, according to AP. Since then, he has been looking to increase the release frequency to two or three times a year.
