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Kahibah Public School |
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| On 2006-12-16, the name of the school was listed in a database that was to be burned onto sheets. |  |
The sheets will be included on the obiter which will be placed into a polar orbit of the Moon. A participation certificate was issued to the school, as shown below. |
| This mission used to be called SELENE, short for the Selenological and Engineering Explorer. The mission name was changed to Kaguya, an enchanting lunar princess in the ancient Japanese folk tale "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter" (Wikipedia). |
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Mission Participation Certificate dated 2006-12-16 [#1003191] was issued to the school (Planetary Society) |
***** Kaguya: Home (JAXA) *****
| Launch Date | 2007-09-14 01:31:01 UTC |
| Science Observations Begin | 2007-10-21 10:27:01 UTC |
| End of Mission Date | 2009-06-10 10:25:00 UTC |
KAGUYA was launched by a H-2A vehicle from Tanegashima Space Centre, Tanegashima Island, Japan.
Our previous space missions were
Mars - Mer-A & Mer-B
Deep Impact
New Horizons
Phoenix
Our next space mission is Dawn
H2-A Launch Vehicle
The H2-A is an expendable launch..
The first H2-A was successfully launched 2001-08-29, at Tanegashima Space Centre.
Specifications
Primary Function: Space lift vehicle
Launch Sites: Tanegashima Space Centre, Tanegashima Island, Japan
Builder: Boeing Company, Expendable Launch Systems
Thrust (at liftoff) : ? Newtons
Height: 53 metres
Diameter: Fairing - ? metres , Core - ? metres
Weight: ? kg
This page updated: Saturday, 2009-06-13 