Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout asteroid lander
The Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) was a compact DLR/CNES asteroid lander carried by JAXA's Hayabusa2 to near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. Deployed on 3 October 2018, it used a hopping mechanism and operated on the surface for about 17 hours, returning imaging, thermal, magnetic, and mineralogical measurements.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MASCOTMobile Asteroid Surface ScoutMASCOT-1Hayabusa2 MASCOT landerMASCOT lander
- Family Name
- MASCOT
- Full Name
- Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout asteroid lander
- Roles
- interplanetary_probelanderresearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- The Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout (MASCOT) was a compact DLR/CNES asteroid lander carried by JAXA's Hayabusa2 to near-Earth asteroid Ryugu. Deployed on 3 October 2018, it used a hopping mechanism and operated on the surface for about 17 hours, returning imaging, thermal, magnetic, and mineralogical measurements.
- First Flight Year
- 2,014
- Last Flight Year
- 2,018
- Operator
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:39:36 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 06:39:36 UTC