Listen Up Hakuto - Moon Landing

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Currently AWOL

 

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A number of scenarios

Japan's ispace says moon lander unexpectedly accelerated and likely crashed

Japan's ispace inc said its attempt to make the first private moon landing had failed after losing contact with its Hakuto-R Mission 1 (M1) lander when it unexpectedly accelerated and probably crashed on the lunar surface.

www.reuters.com

It may also have tipped over whilst the thrusters were on.

 

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Here's a discussion based on the Doppler plots just before the end:

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1650925529992658944

I missed that but this was it at the end of a comms session (about 14dB SNR in 0.7Hz around 8492.54MHz) on 22/4/23:

 

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Dodgy terrain apparently

Private Japanese moon lander crashed after being confused by a crater

The lander successfully completed eight out of nine mission milestones despite its unsuccessful landing.

www.space.com

 

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Luna 25 has just been reported as doing same.

 

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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole

Russia's Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, bringing a premature end to the country's first lunar mission since 1976.

apnews.com

 

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Streaming link of the Vikram landing, around 1pm UK time.

 

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Russia's Luna-25 spacecraft crashes into the moon, ending its bid to reach the lunar south pole

Russia's Roscosmos space agency says the Luna-25 spacecraft has crashed into the moon after it spun into an uncontrolled orbit, bringing a premature end to the country's first lunar mission since 1976.

apnews.com

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