MINERVA-II2 Rover 2
Hayabusa2’s MINERVA-II2 (Rover-2), developed by a university consortium, was separated near asteroid Ryugu in October 2019 for a planned orbital operation and optical tracking campaign that contributed to high-accuracy estimation of Ryugu’s gravitational field and demonstrated small-probe separation and trajectory analysis.
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Identity
- Aliases
- MINERVA-II2Rover-2Hayabusa2 Rover 2MINERVA-II2 Rover2
- Family Name
- MINERVA-II2
- Full Name
- MINERVA-II2 Rover 2
- Roles
- roverresearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
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- Description
- Hayabusa2’s MINERVA-II2 (Rover-2), developed by a university consortium, was separated near asteroid Ryugu in October 2019 for a planned orbital operation and optical tracking campaign that contributed to high-accuracy estimation of Ryugu’s gravitational field and demonstrated small-probe separation and trajectory analysis.
- First Flight Year
- 2,019
- Last Flight Year
- 2,019
- Operator
- Parent Vehicle Family
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- Creation Time
- August 15, 2026 at 07:38:35 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 15, 2026 at 07:45:42 UTC