Japan's ispace says altitude miscalculation caused moon landing failure

Ispace

26/05/2023 07:31

TOKYO, May 26 (Reuters) - Japanese startup ispace inc
 9348.T  said on Friday the cause of its failed Hakuto-R moon
landing mission last month was the miscalculation of its
altitude, which led to the spacecraft's running out of fuel.
    Tokyo-based ispace late last month lost connection with the
Hakuto-R Mission 1 lander after the spacecraft attempted what
would have been the world's first commercial soft-landing on the
moon's surface.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N36S1Y1
    The company said in a statement improvements would be made
towards its second and third missions, planned in 2024 and 2025.

 (Reporting by Rocky Swift; Writing by Kantaro Komiya
Editing by Chang-Ran Kim)
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