Hiten
Hiten was an ISAS lunar-technology mission that demonstrated precise orbit control, repeated lunar swing-bys, Earth aerobraking, and optical navigation. It carried the small Hagoromo subsatellite, which was released into lunar orbit during the mission's first lunar encounter.
Follow this mission
Alerts are unavailable because this mission is no longer active.
Identity
- Aliases
- MUSES-A1990-007AHagoromo
- Name
- Hiten
- Status
- completed
Details
- Astronauts
- -
- Description
- Hiten was an ISAS lunar-technology mission that demonstrated precise orbit control, repeated lunar swing-bys, Earth aerobraking, and optical navigation. It carried the small Hagoromo subsatellite, which was released into lunar orbit during the mission's first lunar encounter.
- Destination
- Moon via up to 10 lunar swing-bys, followed by lunar orbit and a planned impact; Hagoromo was deployed into lunar orbit
- End Date
- 1993-04-11
- Launch Site
- Outcome
- Hiten completed ten lunar swing-bys and Earth aerobraking experiments, delivered Hagoromo to lunar orbit, and later entered lunar orbit itself. Controllers concluded the mission with a planned lunar impact on April 11, 1993.
- Programs
- -
- Start Date
- 1990-01-24
- Vehicle Families
Links
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- July 18, 2026 at 13:24:58 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 21, 2026 at 01:53:01 UTC
- Image
- Download
Other
- Affiliations
- Search Name
- Hiten MUSES-A 1990-007A Hagoromo
- Space Stations
- -
- Vehicles