DESTINY+ & RAMSES
H3-24, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Launch time
No earlier than
NET Thu 20 Apr 2028
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UpdatedSlip history
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- LL2 update
Updated launcher variant.
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Confirmation of DESTINY+ and RAMSES to be flown on the same launch vehicle.
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Launch vehicle switched to H3, launch delayed to FY2028 due to delays with RTF of Epsilon rocket.
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Delayed to NET FY2025.
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Mission
DESTINY+ & RAMSES on H3-24 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2. Launch time, status and recorded date changes from Launch Library 2.
DESTINY+ (Demonstration and Experiment of Space Technology for INterplanetary voYage with Phaethon fLyby and dUst Science) is a planned asteroid exploration mission to 3200 Phaethon, the parent body of the Geminids meteor shower. It will demonstrate further improvements of low cost solar electric propulsion in deep space and innovative light-weight solar array panel technology. The spacecraft will carry 3 science instruments: * DESTINY Dust Analyzer (DDA) * Telescopic Camera for Phaethon (TCAP) * Multiband Camera for Phaethon (MCAP) RAMSES (Rapid Apophis Mission for Space Safety) is a European-Japanese planetary defense mission to near-Earth asteroid 99942 Apophis, led by the European Space Agency (ESA). The spacecraft will arrive around Apophis in February 2029, before the asteroid’s very close fly-by to Earth on 13 April 2029. It will conduct measurements of the asteroid's properties before and during the Earth flyby to study its response to the close encounter with the planet. The spacecraft will leverage much of the technology developed for the Hera mission. At the asteroid, RAMSES will deploy two smaller CubeSats, one carrying a dust analyser, a low-frequency radar, the other will attempt to land on Apophis and provide high-resolution images from the surface.
- Mission type
- Planetary Science
- Orbit
- Asteroid
Mission patches
- Ramses Patch
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Launch timeline
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Launch pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan (JP)
Coordinates: 30.400938, 130.97564
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