
Completed or retired · Historical mission record
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The mission
Lunar orbiter. This reconstructed record groups 3 GCAT payload or flight elements under launch 2007-039; fields not present in GCAT are intentionally left unset.
Launch profile
The launch
- Launch
- 14 September 2007, 01:31:01 UTC
- Launch location
- Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon
- Launch vehicle
- H-IIA 2022
- Orbit
- Deep-space Earth orbit
Trajectory
Mission timeline
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Mission ended — Completed or retired
Operations concluded · 10 June 2009
Historical mission record
GCAT records the primary mission element as completed or no longer operational.
Hardware
Spacecraft
SELENE "Kaguya"
Lunar orbiter.
- GCAT ID
- S32054
- Manufacturer
- NECTF?
- Launch mass
- 2,885 kg
- Propulsion
- BT-4
- Dimensions
- 4.7 m long · 2.1 m diameter · 30 m span
RSTAR "Okina"
Lunar gravity field.
- GCAT ID
- S32055
- Manufacturer
- NEC Toshiba Space, Kamoi works
- Launch mass
- 45 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 1 m diameter · 1.5 m span
VSTAR "Ouna"
Lunar gravity field.
- GCAT ID
- S32056
- Manufacturer
- NEC Toshiba Space, Kamoi works
- Launch mass
- 53 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.7 m long · 1 m diameter · 1.5 m span
Visual archive
Gallery
One image from SELENE "Kaguya".
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