"Hayabusa 2" main engine starts 1 year later on November 20 at 16:09
The Japanese spacecraft "Hayabusa 2", which departed from the asteroid for the Earth, started the main engine for the first time in about a year and a half and started test operation.
The Japanese spacecraft “Hayabusa 2” has completed the exploration for about one and a half years, including two successful landings to collect the rocks of the asteroid “Ryugu”. .
JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) announced that it started the main engine, the ion engine, and started test operation.
The ion engines will be started for the first time in about a year and a half since June last year, and a 13-day test period up to the 2nd of next month will be established to check whether the four ion engines are operating normally. The
Then, after 3rd of next month, I started to fly to the earth in earnest using an ion engine, and separated capsules that seemed to contain rock fragments of "Ryugu" from November to December next year, It is supposed to fall into the desert area of Australia.