2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent
Kaguya (SELENE)
High-definition lunar mapping and science.
Era 4 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- year known only: 2007
- Lead / partner
- Japan
- Target
- Moon
- Category
- Lunar orbiter
- Status
- Success
- Vehicle
- H-IIA 2022 F13
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Selenocentric
- Duration
- 1 year and 9 months (launch date to decay date)
Why it happened
Kaguya (SELENE) flew during 2001–2012: Planetary Exploration Becomes Persistent, as part of Japan's work toward moon. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: High-definition lunar mapping and science.
Results
High-definition lunar mapping and science.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- European Space Agency, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 igo · license: cc-by-sa-3.0-igo (source, checked 2026-08-24)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
