Hiten
Hiten (MUSES-A)
Mission Descriptions
HITEN was an engineering test satellite developed to demonstrate lunar exploration technologies, and was launched on January 24, 1990. It successfully completed various missions related to lunar exploration, including an aerobraking experiment with the Earth's atmosphere at an altitude of 120 km, 10 lunar swing-by experiments, satellite insertion into lunar orbit, and measurement of cosmic dust in the Earth-Moon space.