JAXA · Aerospace · 2018
JAXA's MINERVA-II-1B (Rover-1B) was the second of the paired hopping rovers released from Hayabusa2 onto asteroid Ryugu in 2018, working alongside Rover-1A to image the surface and demonstrate hopping mobility in extremely low gravity.
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View full interactive profile, comparisons & videos →| Category | Aerospace |
| Sub-type | Asteroid Hopper |
| Status | Active |
| Year | 2018 |
| Origin | Japan |
| Also known as | OWL, Rover 1B, MINERVA-II 1B |
| Announced | 2014 |
| Released | 2018-09-21 |
| Weight | 1.1 kg |
| Frame | Aluminum cylinder |
| Degrees of freedom | 1 |
| Operating system | JAXA |
| Actuator type | Internal torquer / flywheel |
| Use cases | Asteroid surface exploration, Hopping locomotion, Imaging |
| Made in | Japan |