JAXA - Hayabusa2 Mission patch.
Nov. 22, 2019
Image above: Asteroid Ryugu captured with the Optical Navigation Camera - Telescopic (ONC-T) immediately after departure. Image time is November 13 10:15 JST (onboard time), 2019. Image Credits: JAXA, Chiba Institute of Technology, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Meiji University, University of Aizu, AIST.
Hayabusa2: Sayonara Ryugu!
Video above: JAXA’s Asteroid Explorer “Hayabusa2” departed the orbit of asteroid Ryugu on 13 November 2019. The video was created from images captured with Hayabusa2’s navigation camera. Hayabusa2 is scheduled to return samples from asteroid Ryugu to Earth at the end of 2020. Video Credits: JAXA, University of Tokyo, Kochi University, Rikkyo University, Nagoya University, Chiba Institute of Technology, Meiji University, Aizu University, AIST.
Hayabusa2. Image Credit: JAXA
On November 13, 2019 at 10:05 JST (onboard time), the Hayabusa2 spacecraft departed from asteroid Ryugu to return to Earth. Until November 18 ~ 19, images of the receding Ryugu will be captured by the camera mounted on the spacecraft (images here). After this time, the spacecraft will perform an attitude control maneuver to the orientation needed to operate the ion engines and will no longer be able to take photographs of Ryugu.
Related article:
Hayabusa2 departs from Ryugu
https://orbiterchspacenews.blogspot.com/2019/11/hayabusa2-departs-from-ryugu.html
Related links:
Hayabusa2 Asteroid Probe (ISAS):
http://www.isas.jaxa.jp/en/missions/spacecraft/current/hayabusa2.html
Asteroid Explorer "Hayabusa2":
https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/hayabusa2/index.html
Images (mentioned), Video (mentioned), Text, Credits: JAXA/SciNews.
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