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| Attribute | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Operator | JAXA | ISRO | ispace |
| Prime contractor | Mitsubishi Electric | ISRO | ispace |
| Status | Landed | In development | Lost |
| Customer | JAXA | ISRO | private |
| Launch date | 2023-09-06 | 2027–2028 (NET) | 2022-12-11 |
| Landing date | 2024-01-19 | — | 2023-04-25 |
| Landing site | Near Shioli crater, Mare Nectaris (~10 m precision vs 100 m target) | Near Mons Mouton, lunar south pole | Atlas crater, Mare Frigoris (planned; impacted at altitude ~5 km) |
| Payload | LEV-1 (2.1 kg hopper) + LEV-2 'SORA-Q' (0.25 kg sphere) (2024-01-19) | Up to 3 kg lunar sample return (2026-02-06) | Rashid rover (10 kg, UAE/MBRSC) + Sora-Q (0.25 kg, JAXA) + commercial (2023-04-25) |
| Contract value | — | — | — |
| Outcome | 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. | India's first lunar sample-return mission. Five modules launched on two LVM3 vehicles; requires both Earth-orbit and lunar-orbit docking — first-time capabilities for ISRO. Architecture sanctioned by Government of India September 2024. | 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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