Small spacecraft and semi-hard lander of the 6U CubeSat format
For the Japanese expression, see Omotenashi.
OMOTENASHI
Names
Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor
Mission type
Technology demonstrator, Reconnaissance
Operator
JAXA
COSPAR ID
2022-156D
SATCAT no.
55904
Website
www.isas.jaxa.jp/home/omotenashi/index.html
Mission duration
1 day
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft
OMOTENASHI
Spacecraft type
CubeSat
Bus
6U CubeSat
Manufacturer
JAXA
Launch mass
12.6 kg (28 lb)[1]
Dimensions
10 cm × 20 cm × 30 cm
Power
30 watts [2]
Start of mission
Launch date
16 November 2022, 06:47:44 UTC[3]
Rocket
SLS Block 1
Launch site
Kennedy, LC-39B
Contractor
NASA
End of mission
Last contact
Working to restore communications[4]
Orbital parameters
Reference system
Selenocentric orbit
Moon impactor
Spacecraft component
Orbiter and lander
Transponders
Band
X-band, S-band, P-band[5][2]
Instruments
Radiation monitor Accelerometer
Animation of OMOTENASHI around Earth Earth· OMOTENASHI · Moon
OMOTENASHI (Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor) was a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander of the 6U CubeSat format intended to demonstrate low-cost technology to land and explore the lunar surface. The CubeSat was to take measurements of the radiation environment near the Moon as well as on the lunar surface. Omotenashi is a Japanese word for "welcome" or "Hospitality".[2][6]
OMOTENASHI was one of ten CubeSats launched with the Artemis 1 mission into a heliocentric orbit in cislunar space on the maiden flight of the Space Launch System (SLS), that took place on 16 November 2022.[3][7]
After deployment from the Artemis I second stage, JAXA reported unstable communications with the spacecraft.[8] On 21 November 2022, a Twitter message sent by JAXA reported that further attempts to communicate with the lander, which was scheduled to begin its landing sequences that day, had been ended.[9]
^"OMOTENASHI". JAXA. Retrieved 16 February 2023.
^ abc"OMOTENASHI" (PDF). JAXA. 29 October 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
^ abRoulette, Joey; Gorman, Steve (16 November 2022). "NASA's next-generation Artemis mission heads to moon on debut test flight". Reuters. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
^"OMOTENASHI". 22 November 2022.
^Cite error: The named reference Hernando 2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"Go To MOON! The World's Smallest Moon Lander: OMOTENASHI" (PDF). JAXA. 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
^Clark, Stephen (12 October 2021). "Adapter structure with 10 CubeSats installed on top of Artemis moon rocket". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
^"Status of the JAXA CubeSats OMOTENASHI and EQUULEUS onboard Artemis I". JAXA. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
^"OMOTENASHI Project official JAXA Twitter message". JAXA. 21 November 2022. Retrieved 21 November 2022.
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