PROCYON
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PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 3 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST). It was developed by University of Tokyo and JAXA. It was a small (70 kg, approx. 60 cm cube), low cost () spacecraft.
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It is catalogued under topics including 2014 in Japan, Earth flybys and Japanese inventions.
Its subject is documented across 6 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Country
- Japan
- Manufacturer
- University of Tokyo
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- H-IIA
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2014-12-03
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PROCYON (Proximate Object Close flyby with Optical Navigation) was an asteroid flyby space probe that was launched together with Hayabusa2 on 3 December 2014 13:22:04 (JST). It was developed by University of Tokyo and JAXA. It was a small (70 kg, approx. 60 cm cube), low cost () spacecraft.
It was intended to flyby the asteroid in 2016, but the plan was abandoned due to the malfunction of the ion thruster.
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