NewsMission Schedule

The current schedule for Hayabusa2 is shown below. The dates here are all provisional (unless marked "Complete") as operation timings are very susceptible to change due to a wide range of factors, including our knowledge about Ryugu expanding as we approach the asteroid.

We will update the table below whenever changes are made.

Year Month, date Event Status
2018 January 10Third stage of the ion engine operation begins.
(Hayabusa2 will use its ion engine to make adjustments to its course)
Complete
June 3Ion engine operation ends.Complete
June 3Start of asteroid approach (distance: 3,100 km) Complete
June 27 Arrival at asteroid Ryugu (altitude 20 km).Complete
July 17 - 25BOX-C operation (July 20, altitude 6 km).Complete
July 31 - August 2Medium altitude observations of Ryugu #1 (Aug. 1, altitude 5 km).Complete
August 5 - 10Operation to measure the gravity of Ryugu (altitude 851 m).Complete
August 18 - September 7 BOX-B operation (tour observation at altitude 20 km:
South pole direction and evening direction)
Complete
September 10 - 12 Rehearsal 1 for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R1) (Sep. 12, altitude ~600 m) Complete
September 19 - 21 MINERVA-II-1 deployment operation (Sep. 21, altitude ~55 m) Complete
September 30 - October 4 MASCOT deployment operation (Oct. 3, altitude ~51 m) Complete
October 14 - 16 Rehearsal 1A for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R1-A) (Oct. 15, altitude 22.3 m) Complete
October 23 - 25 Rehearsal 3 for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R3) (Oct. 25, altitude 12 m) Complete
October 27 - November 5BOX-C operation (Nov. 1, altitude 2.2km) Complete
November 23 - December 29Operation during solar conjunction
(spacecraft is placed ~110 km away from the asteroid)
Complete
2019 January 6 - 13 BOX-B operation (tour observation at altitude 20km: Sub-solar point) Complete
January 19 - 31 BOX-B operation (tour observation at altitude 20km: North pole direction) Complete
February 20 - 22 Touchdown 1 (TD1-L08E1) (Feb. 22, altitude 0 m) Complete
February 23 -
March 1
B0X-C operation (altitude 5km) Complete
March 6 - 8Descent observation (DO-S01) (Mar. 8, altitude 22 m) Complete
March 20 - 22Crater search operation (before SCI operation) (CRA1) (Mar. 22, altitude 1.7 km)Complete
April 3 - 6Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) operation
(Hayabusa2 will drop the explosive Small Carry-on Impactor (SCI) to generate a crater in order to gather subsurface material)
Complete
April 23 - 25Crater search operation (after SCI operation) (CRA2) (Apr. 25, altitude 1.7 km)Complete
May 14 - 16Low altitude observation / Target marker separation operation (PPTD-TM1)
(May. 16, altitude 50 m)
Complete
May 28 - 30Low altitude observation / Target marker separation operation (PPTD-TM1A)Complete
June 11 - 13Low descent observation operation (PPTD-TM1B)Complete
July 9 - 11Touchdown 2 (PPTD) (Jul. 11, altitude 0 m) Complete
July 20 - 31BOX-C operation (C-5) altitude 5km: Observation of PPTD (=TD2) Complete
Aug 8 - 27 BOX-B operation (B-5/B-6) (Tour observation at altitude 20km: Observation of evening direction and morning direction)Complete
Sep 12 - 17 Target Marker separation operation (Sep.17, altitude 1km)Complete
Sep 23 - 27 BOX-B operation (B-7) (Tour observation at altitude 20km: Observation of evening direction and from nearby position of Subsolar point)Complete
Sep 28 - Oct 3 MINERVA-II2 deployment operation (Oct. 3, altitude 1km) Complete
Oct 8 - 14 BOX-C operation (C-6) (altitude 8km, BOX-C observation keeping the orbit for observation of MNRV) Complete
Oct 19 - 30BOX-C operation (C-7) (altitude 4km, TD2 observation) Complete
Nov 13Departure from the asteroid Ryugu (observation of the asteroid will be completed by Nov. 19)Complete
Dec 3First ion engine operation for the Earth return cruise: startComplete
2020
Feb 20First ion engine operation for the Earth return cruise: endComplete
May 12 Second ion engine operation for the Earth return cruise: start Complete
Sep 17TCM-0 ion engine TCM (~36M km from Earth)
=Second ion engine operation for the Earth return cruise: end
Complete
Oct 22TCM-1 Orbit fine adjustment (using RCS, same for later TCMs) (~17M km from Earth)Complete
Nov 12TCM-2 Orbit fine adjustment (~9M km from Earth)Complete
Nov 26TCM-3 Targeting to Woomera (3.6M km from Earth)Complete
Dec 1TCM-4 Orbit fine adjustment (1.74M km from Earth)Complete
Dec 5Capsule separation (14:30 JST, 220,000 km from Earth)Complete
Dec 5TCM-5 Change to Earth departure trajectory (15:30-16:30 JST, 200,000~160,000 km from Earth)Complete
Dec 6Capsule landing (around 2:54 JST) Complete

Hayabusa2 project
Jan 04, 2021