Japanese Space Projects

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1173998293082419202

Checked with MHI about the status of the H-2B launch scrubbed last week because of a pad fire. The fire is still under investigation but they expect to provide an update in a few days.

 

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Concentrated liquid oxygen was cause of fire ahead of Japan rocket launch, source says

A high concentration of liquid oxygen, used as rocket engine coolant, has been determined as being behind a fire that broke out earlier this month at a lau

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Global Website | Updated Launch Schedule of the H-II Transfer Vehicle KOUNOTORI8 aboard the H-IIB Vehicle No. 8

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has revised the launch schedule of the H-IIB Launch Vehicle No. 8 (H-IIB F8) which carries aboard the H-II Transfer Vehicle

www.mhi.com

 

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Japan plans to launch intelligence-gathering satellite Sunday after delay

Japan has decided Sunday will be the new launch date for an H2A rocket carrying a government optical intelligence-gathering satellite after the previous la

www.japantimes.co.jp

 

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Building on their experience in sample return missions.

MMX Mission to proceed to the development phase!

This afternoon (19 February 2020), the MMX mission transitioned to become a JAXA Project: an official step in mission development authorised by the Japanese government. The mission was previously in the Pre-Project phase, where the focus was on research and analysis, such as simulating landings to

mmx-news.isas.jaxa.jp

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1254491863626719233

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1277885970365526016

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1282928206530482176

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1282928206530482176

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1282932220429316096

View: https://twitter.com/HopeMarsMission/status/1282932220429316096

 

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UAE plans to launch Mars probe Friday after weather delay

Dubai (AFP) July 14, 2020 - The United Arab Emirates said it plans to launch its Hope Mars probe on Friday local time from Japan's Tanegashima Space Center after a two-day delay due to poor weather there.

www.marsdaily.com

 

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The updated launch date and time for H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 42 is July 20, 2020 at 6:58:14 (Japan Standard Time JST). There are possibilities for further delay affected by the latest weather forecast.

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1283998091264188417

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1283998091264188417

 

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Hope probe: UAE launches historic first mission to Mars

The probe starts its 500-million-km journey after taking off from the remote Tanegashima spaceport.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1284826998175526918

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1284826998175526918

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1284827331530420224

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1284827331530420224

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1284826590455533571

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1284826590455533571

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1284827968250851328

View: https://twitter.com/MHI_LS/status/1284827968250851328

 

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Launch is nearly here!

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1284906328666898432

View: https://twitter.com/ChrisG_NSF/status/1284906328666898432

 

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United Arab Emirates begins historic first interplanetary mission - NASASpaceFlight.com

The United Arab Emirates and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Space Centre have begun their first…

www.nasaspaceflight.com

 

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View: https://youtu.be/zgDx9A0f0cM

 

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Archived launch video:

View: https://youtu.be/SXsh4bQ52zY

 

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Godspeed to it ! Mars exploration: the more, the merrier...

 

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“Hope” probe launches Sunday, beginning seven-month journey to Mars

“The mission is a catalyst.”

arstechnica.com

 

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Japan’s ispace updates design of lunar lander - SpaceNews

Japanese company ispace has updated the design of its commercial lunar lander while delaying its first flight by a year to 2022.

spacenews.com

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1296433988270280705

View: https://twitter.com/thesheetztweetz/status/1296433988270280705

Japanese lunar lander startup ispace raised $28 million in its latest round led by Incubate Fund, Space Frontier Fund, Takasago Thermal Engineering and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance — bringing its total fundraising to ~$125 million to date.

ispace

ispace is a private lunar robotic exploration company that is developing micro-robotic technology to provide a low-cost and frequent transportation service to and on the Moon, conduct lunar surface exploration to map, process and deliver resources to our customers in cislunar space.

ispace-inc.com

 

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View: https://youtu.be/NTcXFlI6GfM

ispace is developing a data-centric platform to support industry players with lunar market entry. We’ve labeled this endeavor “Blueprint Moon”. Under this platform, companies can use our services to both design and deliver their business to the Moon.

 

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Japan's New 'Lunar Cruiser' Moon Rover Is Named After the Toyota Land Cruiser

Overlanding on the moon in a 6x6, hydrogen fuel cell-powered Toyota, anyone?

www.thedrive.com

 

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JAXA | 8K Camera on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft to Take Ultra High Definition Images of Mars

Get information on the 8K Camera on the Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) Spacecraft to Take Ultra High Definition Images of Mars. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performs various activities related to aerospace as an organization, from basic research in the aerospace field to...

global.jaxa.jp

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wt0l7yGzQ5s

 

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Japan launches JDRS-1 optical data relay satellite for military, civilian use - SpaceNews

Japan has a new data relay satellite headed for geostationary orbit following successful launch of JDRS-1 on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’ H-IIA rocket Sunday.

spacenews.com

 

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The ispace Hakuto lunar lander:

View: https://youtu.be/lvOemUe6Ycs

 

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Does lightning strike on Venus? Mysterious flash may help solve puzzle.

A flicker of light spotted by a spacecraft orbiting the planet could bring a 40-year quest to an end.

www.nationalgeographic.com

 

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Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk

Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk

A Japanese forestry firm has partnered with Kyoto University in what would be a world first.

www.bbc.co.uk

cheers,
Robin.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1358696803688939521

View: https://twitter.com/HopeMarsMission/status/1358696803688939521

Only 1 day separating us from witnessing the dream of a nation enter the dark 27 minutes that determine our future and our fate. We hope for Hope as it gets closer to being captured into Mars’ orbit.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1359645966169686023

View: https://twitter.com/planet4589/status/1359645966169686023

 

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As I believe the Japanese would say, ganbatte!

 

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Japan's next-generation rocket H3 rolled out, stand by for cryogenic pressure test

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1372034603561680898

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1372156989636182016

 

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LUPEX (2024) is a joint mission with India involving a Lunar lander and rover. Destination is the Lunar South pole.

Quad discussions facilitate space collaboration

Quad discussions keep the door open for inter-agency collaboration across the US, Australia, Japan and India.

www.spaceconnectonline.com.au

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1423192052284678145

View: https://twitter.com/mmx_jaxa_en/status/1423192052284678145

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1428927709183287300

View: https://twitter.com/cosmic_penguin/status/1428927709183287300?

 

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MMX 2021 animation:

View: https://youtu.be/yiS6NdpEL2A

 

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Israel’s Helios hitches ride on Japan lunar lander in bid to make oxygen on Moon

Startup signs accord to join second and third ispace missions; seeks to prove its oxygen-from-Moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions

www.timesofisrael.com

The Japanese ambassador to Israel, Mizushima Koichi, hosted a signing ceremony between the Israeli and Japanese companies for the two memorandum of understandings (MoU), in which ispace will deliver Helios’ technology to the lunar surface onboard ispace’s lander by the end of 2023 and mid-2024.

Helios’ payloads, called Lunar Extractor – 1 and Lunar Extractor – 2, aim to demonstrate the production of oxygen and metals from the local resources.

 

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https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1430011473061896203

View: https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1430011473061896203

A couple views of the full-scale model of ispace’s new, larger lunar lander on display at #SpaceSymposium (including people for scale.)

 

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Japan Successfully Tests Possible Deep-Space Rocket Technology - Slashdot

Futurism reports: Japan's space agency JAXA has announced that is has successfully demonstrated the operation of a "rotary detonation engine" in space, a world's first. Such an engine uses a series of controlled explosions that travel around a circular channel at its base. The result is a...

science.slashdot.org

 

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Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk

Japan developing wooden satellites to cut space junk

A Japanese forestry firm has partnered with Kyoto University in what would be a world first.

www.bbc.co.uk

cheers,
Robin.

The latest development on that:

Japan team eyeing wooden satellite launch to test how material changes in space - The Mainichi

KYOTO -- A team of researchers in Japan aiming to launch the world's first wooden satellite that will not pollute the Earth's atmosphere upon reentry

mainichi.jp

Japanese scientists plan to launch wooden satellite in 2023 | The Asahi Shimbun: Breaking News, Japan News and Analysis

Though there has been some scepticism about the idea. For example, from back in December:
https://arstechnica.com/science/202...uing-idea-but-wont-solve-space-junk-problems/