Mission type
Asteroid sample-returnOperator JAXACOSPAR ID 2014-076ASATCAT no. 40319Website www.hayabusa2.jaxa.jp/en/Mission duration 6 years(6 years and 23 days elapsed)

Spacecraft propertiesManufacturer NEC [1]Launch mass 610 kg (1,340 lb)Dry mass 490 kg (1,080 lb) [2]Dimensions Spacecraft bus: 1 × 1.6 × 1.25 m (3 ft 3 in × 5 ft 3 in × 4 ft 1 in)Solar panel: 6 m × 4.23 m (19.7 ft × 13.9 ft)Power 2.6 kW (at 1 au), 1.4 kW (at 1.4 au)

Start of missionLaunch date 3 December 2014, 04:22 UTC [3]Rocket H-IIA 202Launch site Tanegashima Space Center, LA-YContractor Mitsubishi

End of missionLanding date Re-entry capsule : 5 December 2020 UTC [4]Landing site Woomera, Australia

Flyby of EarthClosest approach 3 December 2015Distance 3,090 km (1,920 mi) [5]

Rendezvous with (162173) RyuguArrival date 27 June 2018, 09:35 UTC [6]Departure date 12 November 2019 [7]Sample mass 5.4 grams[8](including gas samples)

(162173) Ryugu landerLanding date 21 February 2019

(162173) Ryugu landerLanding date 11 July 2019

Flyby of Earth (Sample return)Closest approach 5 December 2020 UTC [4]