Misson Overview

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Figure: Mission Overview

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

  1. To characterize cosmic dust delivered to Earth
  2. To understand the geology of asteroid (3200) Phaethon, the Geminid parent body
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