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Forum: Satellites - Robotic Probes
Topic: ispace HAKUTO-R Mission 2 to the moon

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Message to Edit: HTML is ON UBB Code is ON Smilies Legend	Originally posted by Robert Pearlman on 01-16-2025 07:52 PM ispace release <blockquote><font size="+0">[b]ispace Completes Success 4 of Mission 2 Milestones[/b]</font> ispace, inc. announced that the RESILIENCE lunar lander successfully completed its first orbital maneuver at 19:40:18 UTC, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025, at 250,000 kilometers from Earth, setting the lander on a course towards the Moon and verifying operation of the main propulsion system, as well as the related guidance, control, and navigation system. The orbital maneuver required a main thruster burn that lasted 16 seconds. By verifying the systems and completing the maneuver, the RESILIENCE lander has completed Success 4 of the Mission 2 Milestones RESILIENCE was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket at 6:11:39 UTC, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025, and was successfully deployed from the rocket at 7:44:24 UTC. The RESILIENCE lander is currently in Earth orbit and will complete a lunar flyby, known as Success 5, and then enter a low energy transfer orbit. "The RESILIENCE lander is performing as we expect it and now following this thrust by the propulsion system is now heading towards a lunar flyby," said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder & CEO of ispace. "We are very pleased with the performance of the lander, the subsystems and of our very dedicated Mission Operations specialists and staff who are busy operating the lander. I want to thank them, all of our employees and stakeholders who are cheering us on during the first steps of this mission."</blockquote>
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