Hayabusa2 mission schedule: provisional version (as of Mar. 15, 2019).
The current schedule for Hayabusa2 is shown below. The dates here are all provisional (unless marked "finished") 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 10 | Third stage of ion engine operation begins. (Hayabusa2 will use its ion engine to make adjustments to its course) | Complete |
| June 3 | Ion engine operation ends. | Complete | |
| June 3 | Start of asteroid approach. (distance: 3,100 km) | Complete | |
| June 27 | Arrival at asteroid Ryugu (altitude 20 km). | Complete | |
| July 17 - 25 | BOX-C operation (July 20, Altitude 6km). | Complete | |
| July 31 - August 2 | Medium altitude observations of Ryugu #1 (Aug. 1, altitude 5 km). | Complete | |
| August 5 - 10 | Operation to measure gravity of Ryugu (altitude 851 m). | Complete | |
| August 18 - September 7 | BOX-B operation (tour observation at altitude 20km: South pole direction and terminator direction) | Complete | |
| September 10 - 12 | Rehearsal 1 for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R1) (Sep. 12, altitude ~600m) | Complete | |
| September 19 - 21 | MINERVA-II-1 deployment operation (Sep. 21, altitude ~55m) | Complete | |
| September 30 - October 4 | MASCOT deployment operation (Oct. 3, altitude ~51m) | Complete | |
| October 14 - 16 | Rehearsal 1A for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R1-A), (Oct. 15, altitude 22.3m) | Complete | |
| October 23 - 25 | Rehearsal 3 for Touchdown 1 (TD1-R3), (Oct. 25, altitude 12m) | Complete | |
| October 27 - November 5 | BOX-C operation, (Nov. 1, altitude 2.2km) | Complete | |
| November 23 - December 29 | Operation during solar conjunction (spacecraft is placed away ~110km 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 0m） | Complete | |
| February 23 - March 1 | B0X-C operation (Altitude 5km) | Complete | |
| March 6 - 8 | Descent observation (DO-S01) (Mar. 8, altitude 22m) | Complete | |
| March 20 - 22 | Crater search operation (before SCI operation)（CRA1） | Planning | |
| Week of April 1 | Small 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) | Planning | |
| Week of April 22 | Crater search operation (after SCI operation)（CRA2） | Planning | |
| After May | Touchdown operation (TD2) | Planning | |
| After July | MINERVA-II2 deployment | Planning | |
| November - December | Departure from asteroid | Planning |
Hayabusa2 project
Mar. 15, 2019
Event Calendar
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