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| Attribute | HAKUTO-R Series 2 Resilience (SMBC × HAKUTO-R Venture Moon) Trust: Agency-primary Last verified Remove × | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | ispace | JAXA | CNSA |
| Prime contractor | ispace | Mitsubishi Electric | China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) |
| Status | Lost | Landed | In development |
| Customer | private | JAXA | CNSA |
| Launch date | 2025-01-15 | 2023-09-06 | 2026-08 (NET) |
| Landing date | 2025-06-05 | 2024-01-19 | — |
| Landing site | Mare Frigoris (center; hard landing) | Near Shioli crater, Mare Nectaris (~10 m precision vs 100 m target) | Shackleton crater illuminated rim, lunar south pole |
| Payload | Tenacious micro-rover (5 kg, ispace EU) + 5 commercial payloads (2025-06-05) | LEV-1 (2.1 kg hopper) + LEV-2 'SORA-Q' (0.25 kg sphere) (2024-01-19) | 18 science payloads across orbiter, lander, rover, mini-hopper, and Queqiao-2 (2026-05-28) |
| Contract value | — | — | — |
| Outcome | Laser Range Finder anomaly during descent caused hard landing; data lost ~90 seconds before scheduled touchdown at 19:17 UTC. NASA's LRO imaged impact dark-smudge on 2025-06-11. ispace's 2025-06-24 technical analysis ruled out propulsion/power; isolated cause to LRF. | First Japanese soft landing; made Japan the 5th nation to soft-land on the Moon. One of two main engines failed at ~50 m altitude; lander touched down on its side but still met 100-m precision goal. Survived four lunar-night cycles despite not being designed for it; declared concluded 2024-08-23. | China's first dedicated lunar south-pole prospecting mission. Mini-flying probe hops into permanently shadowed regions to sample for water-ice volatiles. Italian laser retroreflector aboard the lander. |
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