Misson Overview
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Misson Overview
- Joint mission of technology demonstration & science observation
- Engineering mission led by JAXA and science mission led by ChibaTech
- International collaboration between JAXA and DLR
- Selected in 2017 as a mission for JAXA/ISAS’s small-class program
- Planned launch in 2028 by a H3-equivalent rocket and flyby Phaethon in 2030
Science goals
- To characterize cosmic dust delivered to Earth
- To understand the geology of asteroid (3200) Phaethon, the Geminid parent body