Mission type Orbiter
lander
rover Rocket H-IIA Launch date 2018 (planned) | Launch mass rover:30 kg (66 lb) Reference system Selenocentric Operator JAXA | |
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Similar Explorer 35, Chandrayaan‑2, Hiten, Lunar‑A, Zond 7 | ||
SELENE-2 /ˈsɛlᵻniː/, or the Selenological and Engineering Explorer 2, is a planned Japanese robotic spacecraft to the Moon that will include an orbiter, a lander and a rover. It is expected to be launched in 2018 as a successor to the 2007 SELENE (Kaguya) lunar orbiter.
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Orbiter
The orbiter will weigh 700 kg.
Lander
The lander will weigh 1,000 kg. It will be able to have 200 kg of payload. Its mission will last two weeks.
Rover
The rover will weigh 100 kg. Its mission will last two weeks. One of its instruments will be from South Korea.
Penetrators
One option JAXA was investigating in 2006, was to integrate a small data relay satellite and penetrators into the mission.
References
SELENE-2 Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA