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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 02-12-2025 09:51 AM ispace update <BLOCKQUOTE>The RESILIENCE lander is currently approximately 460,000 km from Earth — farther than the Moon — as it continues on its journey! Last week, our Operations engineers successfully executed the critical maneuver that set RESILIENCE on its path for lunar flyby, expected to take place on Feb. 14 (UTC). Flyby will be the point in which the lander is making its closest pass to the Moon before entering lunar orbit later in the mission, and tonight's Full Moon has us imagining what RESILIENCE will see as it approaches! Today RESILIENCE is at the "apogee", meaning the distance from the body it is orbiting —Earth — is at its maximum and the velocity (760 km/h) is at the minimum. From this point on, the lander will start being pulled again towards the Earth. But this time, unlike its previous orbits around Earth, the Moon will pass by so closely that it will alter its trajectory into the second orbital phase of the mission, the low energy transfer. And that is the lunar flyby!</BLOCKQUOTE>
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