Satoshi Tanaka

“The spacecraft has been operating well, despite needing to briefly enter a protective safe mode last year, and now is set to make a flyby of the asteroid Torifune on July 5, Satoshi Tanaka of the Jap…”

“now is set to make a flyby of the asteroid Torifune on July 5, Satoshi Tanaka of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said in a presentation on Hayabusa2 during the 35th Meeting of the NA…”

“By combining advanced navigation techniques and the engineering capabilities of Hayabusa2, we have made it possible to achieve a flyby at a distance of only about 1 kilometer.”

“now is set to make a flyby of the asteroid Torifune on July 5”

“said in a presentation on Hayabusa2 during the 35th Meeting of the NASA Small Bodies Assessment Group (SBAG) on June 11”

“flyby at a distance of only about 1 kilometre”

“the ultimate goal of the Hayabusa2 extended mission is to visit the tiny asteroid 1998 KY26 in 2031”