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| Attribute | |
|---|---|
| Operator | ispace |
| Prime contractor | ispace |
| Status | Lost |
| Customer | private |
| Launch date | 2022-12-11 |
| Landing date | 2023-04-25 |
| Landing site | Atlas crater, Mare Frigoris (planned; impacted at altitude ~5 km) |
| Payload | Rashid rover (10 kg, UAE/MBRSC) + Sora-Q (0.25 kg, JAXA) + commercial (2023-04-25) |
| Contract value | — |
| Outcome | Travelled ~1.4M km — at the time, furthest a privately funded spacecraft had flown. Software flagged the radar altimeter as faulty after the lander crossed a crater rim cliff and ignored its readings. Lander ran out of fuel hovering ~5 km above surface and free-fell. |
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