Asteroid Explorer "HAYABUSA" (MUSES-C) Completed TCM-3 operation, shift the target from Earth's outer rim to WPA
June 5, 2010 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that TCM-3 operation was successfully completed (1:44 p.m. June 5th, 2010 (JST)).
By this operation, HAYABUSA was guided from Earth's outer rim toward WPA in Australia.
HAYABUSA system is going well.
* TCM : Trajectory Correction Maneuver
* WPA : Woomera Prohibited Area
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