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space robotics · mission-loss

HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lander crashes into Moon

S4 · 04/25
2023 · 16:40 UTC · ispace · Atlas crater, Moon

Record

Companyispace
Categoryspace robotics
Typemission-loss
Date04/25
2023
Time of day16:40 UTC
LocationAtlas crater, Moon
SeverityS4 (serious injury, total loss, or grounding)
Scale1 lander, total loss
Confidencehigh
VerificationYes - adversarially checked against the cited source
Sourceispace

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ispace's first lunar lander lost communication and crashed into the lunar surface near Atlas crater after a sensor error caused it to miscalculate its altitude and run out of propellant during descent.

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