DESTINY+ Program
JAXA’s DESTINY+ is a planned small-body exploration and technology-demonstration mission moved to a 2028 H3 rideshare. Its revised trajectory will first fly by near-Earth asteroid Apophis and then conduct a close flyby of asteroid Phaethon in fiscal year 2030, demonstrating deep-space operations and observing a primitive small body.
Identity
- Aliases
- DESTINY+DESTINY PlusDESTINY+ MissionDeep-space Exploration Technology Demonstration and Research Mission
- Domains
- spaceflight
- Name
- DESTINY+ Program
- Status
- planned
- Types
- explorationsciencedevelopment
Details
- Description
- JAXA’s DESTINY+ is a planned small-body exploration and technology-demonstration mission moved to a 2028 H3 rideshare. Its revised trajectory will first fly by near-Earth asteroid Apophis and then conduct a close flyby of asteroid Phaethon in fiscal year 2030, demonstrating deep-space operations and observing a primitive small body.
- Leads
- Participants
- -
- Start Date
- 2028
Assets & Meta
- Creation Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:20:41 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 13, 2026 at 13:20:41 UTC