by Matt Wilson | Feb 26, 2020 | exploration, JAXA, Satellites, Seradata News
On 19 February 2020, JAXA, alongside the Japanese government approved the development of the MMX mission. MMX – Martian Moon eXploration – is a sample return mission targeting the Martian moon, Phobos. The mission has a planned launch date of September... 
by Matt Wilson | Feb 17, 2020 | commercial launch services, JAXA, Launches, NASA, Satellites, Seradata News, Technology
Rocket Lab Rocket Lab has received a launch contract from NASA to carry the CAPSTONE, 12U CubeSat, to the Moon. The CAPSTONE satellite being built by Tyvak and Advanced Space, will be placed into a “near-rectilinear halo orbit” around the Moon. This is the... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 25, 2019 | International Space Station, JAXA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Lifting-off from the Tanegashima Space Center, Southern Japan, at 1605 GMT, 24 September, a Japanese H-2B rocket has carried an HTV resupply freighter into LEO. This is the eighth HTV mission in service of the ISS conducted by JAXA. This mission carried 4,100 kg of... 
by Matt Wilson | Oct 29, 2018 | JAXA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Launching from the Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, at 0408 GMT, 29 October 2018, an Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), H-2A202 rocket has carried the GOSAT-2 (IBUKI 2) greenhouse gas monitoring satellite and five co-payloads to Low Earth Orbit (LEO). GOSAT-2 is a... 
by Matt Wilson | Sep 24, 2018 | International Space Station, JAXA, Launches, Satellites, Seradata News
Following delays caused by both the weather and the launch vehicle, at 1752 GMT, on 22 September, the seventh HTV (HTV-7) resupply freighter was launched to the ISS by its Mitsubishi Industries (MHI) supplied H-2B rocket. The freighter, which will be docking with the...
