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「探査機はやぶささん03」
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★ちゃんとしたスイングバイに入ります。
★なお、背景は有償素材品を使用。
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★ちゃんとしたスイングバイに入ります。
★なお、背景は有償素材品を使用。
14 minutes after launch, solar battery paddles opened and she could finally catch her breath.
Hayabusa-san's small partner.
It went first to the asteroid to conduct study.
At first, a nano-rover from overseas (NASA) was also slated to partner up with Hayabusa, but due to circumstances, only Japan's Minerva-san escorted Hayabusa-san.
She's inexpensive, but not cheap.
She is Hayabusa-san's senior orbiter, taking the name MUSES-A.
The model is Space Engineering Spacecraft HITEN/Celestial Maiden/MUSES-A.
The person who guides Hayabusa-san from Earth.
Modeled after Sagamihara ground control base.
As it would be disrespectful to model after a certain person, the control center itself is personified.
"MIcro_Nano Experimental Robot Vehicle for Asteroid" is Japan's first planetary exploration rover.
It takes planetary measurements by camera and thermometer while hopping around.
It was made from civilian-made parts (except for the CPU), and was built on a surprisingly low budget compared to NASA.
(only about 5% of NASA's planetary exploration rover).