Accelerate progress in our three core enterprises — Explore Worlds, Find Life, and Defend Earth. You can support the entire fund, or designate a core enterprise of your choice.
Hayabusa2 conjunction operations Hayabusa2's path during 2018 solar conjunction is complex, due to influence from solar tidal forces, Ryugu's gravity, and solar light pressure (the same force that propels a solar sail). COI: Conjunction Orbit Insertion (23 November), TCM: Trajectory Correction Maneuver (30 November and 25 December), HRM/HPR : Home Position Recovery (29 December). JAXA