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Hakuto-R Mission 1

2022-12-11 · landing 2023-04-25 · Series 1 · failed

Private Japanese lander.

Stack

VehicleSeries 1
Launch vehicleFalcon 9
SiteAtlas crater region

Themes

Rovers & hoppersWhat moves after landing - scout rovers, hoppers, and crewed lunar terrain vehicles.
Surface powerPower that stays on after landing - solar arrays, batteries, night survival, and shared surface power.
Tech demosHardware and software proving themselves in the real lunar environment before becoming standard kit.
Comms & dataLinks, relays, surface networks, and compute - moving data between Earth, orbit, and the surface.
LandersThe vehicles that put cargo and crew on the surface - commercial cargo landers and human landing systems.

Companies

Prime

ispaceispace Series lander AIT (Japan / Luxembourg)

Named on this flight

Named suppliers

ArianeGroupArianeGroup biprop + RCS + Lampoldshausen AIT (Hakuto-R)
DraperDraper GNC software for automated landing (Hakuto-R M1)
HILLTOPHAKUTO-R M1 CNC metal parts (HILLTOP)
SpaceXFalcon 9 launch (Hakuto-R M1)

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Cargo

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Sources

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