PROCYON Deep-Space Technology Demonstration Microsatellite
PROCYON was a University of Tokyo/JAXA 65-kilogram deep-space microsatellite launched as a Hayabusa2 rideshare on December 3, 2014. It demonstrated a small deep-space spacecraft bus with communications, attitude and orbit control, ion propulsion, and VLBI navigation, and conducted geocorona and heliophysics observations; its planned asteroid close-flyby maneuver was not achieved, and operations ended after the December 2015 Earth close approach.
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Identity
- Aliases
- PROCYONPRoximate Object Close flYby with Optical NavigationProximate Object Close Flyby with Optical Navigation50 kg-class Deep Space Exploration Micro-spacecraftHayabusa2 ridesharePROCYON spacecraft
- Family Name
- PROCYON
- Full Name
- PROCYON Deep-Space Technology Demonstration Microsatellite
- Roles
- interplanetary_proberesearchtechnology_demonstrator
- Status
- retired
- Type
- spacecraft
Details
- Description
- PROCYON was a University of Tokyo/JAXA 65-kilogram deep-space microsatellite launched as a Hayabusa2 rideshare on December 3, 2014. It demonstrated a small deep-space spacecraft bus with communications, attitude and orbit control, ion propulsion, and VLBI navigation, and conducted geocorona and heliophysics observations; its planned asteroid close-flyby maneuver was not achieved, and operations ended after the December 2015 Earth close approach.
- First Flight Year
- 2,014
- Last Flight Year
- 2,015
- Spacecraft Specs
- Launch Mass Kg
- 65
- Reusability
- expendable
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- Creation Time
- August 14, 2026 at 08:46:48 UTC
- Updated Time
- August 14, 2026 at 08:46:48 UTC