Hayabusa Live

JAXA would like to announce that the retrieved capsule arrived at JAXA Sagamihara campus around 02:15 am, June 18th(JST).

Hayabusa is currently 282,110 km away from the Earth, located at 8h56m04s RA and
28.93 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 13 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

JAXA assessed the trajectory of Hayabusa spacecraft and
confirmed that it was normal.
JAXA will implement the capsule reentry plan.

Hayabusa system is going well.

The following are main capsule reentry plans.

・　Around 6/13 19:51(JST) ：　Capsule separation
・　Around 6/13 22:51(JST) ：　Capsule reentry

Hayabusa public relations team 6/12 15:45 (JST)

Hayabusa is currently 715,930 km away from the Earth, located at 8h47m47s RA and
29.54 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 12 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

The capsule recovery team sent us two awesome photos of the night rehearsal from Australia!


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Photographed by Taeko Seki (DFS2)
Camera:CANON EOS Kiss X2
Lens:EF15mm Fisheye
ISO400 F2.8 60sec (above) / ISO400 F3.2 1027sec (below)

Hayabusa is currently 1,142,550 km away from the Earth, located at 8h45m40s RA and
29.69 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 11 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

Hayabusa is currently 1,566,720 km away from the Earth, located at 8h44m40s RA and
29.75 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 10 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

JAXA confirmed that TCM-4 operation was successfully completed (15:00 June 9th, 2010 (JST)).

By this operation, Hayabusa was precisely guided to WPA in South Australia. The distance between Hayabusa and the Earth resulted in around 1,900,000km far.

Hayabusa system is going well.


*TCM : Trajectory Correction Maneuver
*WPA : Woomera Prohibited Area

JAXA would like to announce that TCM-4 operation has commenced (12:30 June 9th, 2010 (JST)). It will take around 2 hours 30 minutes for ion thrusters to accelerate.

Hayabusa system is going well.


*TCM : Trajectory Correction Maneuver
*WPA : Woomera Prohibited Area

JAXA would like to announce that it was authorized to implement TCM-4.

It is scheduled to conduct on June 9th 12:30 (JST).

*TCM: Trajectory Correction Maneuver

Hayabusa is currently 2,412,140 km away from the Earth, located at 8h43m31s RA and
29.82 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 08 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

Hayabusa is currently 3,256,330 km away from the Earth, located at 8h42m43s RA and
29.85 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 06 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

JAXA confirmed that TCM-3 operation was successfully completed (13:44 June 5th, 2010 (JST)).
By this operation, Hayabusa’s target was guided to WPA from the earth’s outer rim and the distance between Hayabusa and the Earth resulted in around 3,600,000km far.

Hayabusa system is going well.

*TCM : Trajectory Correction Maneuver
*WPA : Woomera Prohibited Area

Hayabusa is currently 3,678,340 km away from the Earth, located at 8h42m21s RA and
29.86 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 05 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

Hayabusa is currently 4,100,460 km away from the Earth, located at 8h41m57s RA and
29.87 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 04 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

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JAXA would like to announce that TCM-3 operation has commenced (12:00 June 3rd, 2010 (JST)). It will take around 50 hours for ion thrusters to accelerate.

Hayabusa system is going well.

*TCM : Trajectory Correction Maneuver
*WPA : Woomera Prohibited Area

Hayabusa is currently 4,522,720 km away from the Earth, located at 8h41m31s RA and
29.87 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 03 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

JAXA would like to announce that it was authorized to implement TCM-3.

It is scheduled to conduct on Jun 3rd 12:00（JST).

*TCM: Trajectory Correction Maneuver

Hayabusa is currently 4,944,940 km away from the Earth, located at 8h41m04s RA and
29.88 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 02 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.

Hayabusa is currently 5,367,170 km away from the Earth, located at 8h40m35s RA and
29.89 deg DEC (Constellation of Cancer), as of 00:00:00 UT, 01 Jun. 2010.
From Hayabusa’s point of view,
the Earth can be seen in a direction of Microscopium.