Mission record
EQUULEUS
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, University of Tokyo · Launched
Explore trajectoryLost · Partial success
JAXA's EQUULEUS CubeSat was launched by NASA's Artemis I, completed its planned lunar fly-by, and was confirmed in its planned orbit toward the Earth-Moon L2 point.
- Destinations
- Launch vehicle
- SLS Block 1
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral, United States
- Countries
- Japan
- Mission types
- Technology demonstrator, Flyby
Chronology
Mission timeline
Loss of contact
Communications ceased
Mission architecture
Vehicles
EQUULEUS · Spacecraft
Destinations: Moon
Trajectory record
Trajectory dataset not yet available
No verified trajectory dataset is committed for this mission, so Mission Atlas renders no path.
Provenance
Sources
Each source is listed once and labeled with the mission, event, trajectory, or destination/body context it supports.
Data verified through September 5, 2026
- Completion of the initial operation of the JAXA CubeSat EQUULEUS — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- 太陽系のあらゆるところに探査機を送りたい | 宇宙・夢・人 | 宇宙科学研究所 — JAXAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Artemis I - NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog — NSSDCAMission page · Supports: mission claims · event claims
- Moon Facts — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context
- Planet Sizes and Locations in Our Solar System — NASAOther · Supports: destination/body context