MASCOT

MASCOT

DLR · Aerospace · 2018

Mobile Asteroid Surface Scout. Shoebox-sized lander built by the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and France's CNES, deployed by Hayabusa 2 onto asteroid Ryugu on 3 October 2018. Hopped once to reposition itself using an internal swing arm and operated for 17 hours on primary battery power, exceeding its 16-hour design lifetime. Returned data on Ryugu's surface composition.

CategoryAerospace
StatusDecommissioned
Year2018
OriginGermany
Height195 mm
Weight10 kg
Degrees of freedom1
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