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Sakigake
Sakigake was an uncrewed space probe launched by Japan's Institute of Space and Astronautical Science in January 1985. It holds the distinction of being Japan's first interplanetary spacecraft. Along with its sister probe, Suisei, Sakigake was part of an international fleet of spacecraft deployed to...
apps Top Sakigake Alternatives
The top alternative to Sakigake in 2026 is Hayabusa2 with a score of 9.3/10, followed by Hayabusa (8.8) and HTV-1 (Kounotori) (8.6).
Hayabusa2
The Hayabusa2 mission, developed by JAXA, successfully collected and returned samples from the asteroid Ryugu. This acti...
Hayabusa
The Hayabusa mission, developed by JAXA, successfully retrieved microscopic samples from the asteroid Itokawa in 2010. T...
HTV-1 (Kounotori)
HTV-1, also designated Kounotori 1, was the inaugural flight of the H-II Transfer Vehicle, an uncrewed cargo spacecraft...
SELENE
The SELENE mission, formerly known as Kaguya, is a Japanese space exploration project operated by JAXA. It deployed an o...
Hinode (Solar-B)
Hinode, meaning 'sunrise,' is a solar observation satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) i...
Kaguya
Kaguya, officially designated as SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), was a lunar orbiter mission developed...
EPOXI (Deep Impact Extended)
EPOXI was a NASA extended mission that repurposed the Deep Impact spacecraft after its primary mission to study extrasol...
Kaguya (SELENE)
Kaguya, officially named SELENE (Selenological and Engineering Explorer), was a Japanese lunar orbiter launched by the J...
Giotto
Giotto was a European Space Agency spacecraft launched in 1985 to investigate Halley's Comet during its 1986 return to t...
Vega 1
Vega 1 was a Soviet space probe launched in December 1984 to study Venus and Halley's Comet. In June 1985, the spacecraf...
Vega 2
Vega 2 was an unmanned Soviet space probe launched in December 1984 as part of the Venera-Halley program. The mission su...
Suzaku (ASTRO-EII)
Suzaku, originally designated ASTRO-EII, was a Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite launched in 2005 and operated through...
IKAROS
IKAROS (Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation Of the Sun) was an experimental spacecraft developed by the J...
Deep Space 1
The Deep Space 1 mission, undertaken by NASA, investigated Comet Hale-Bopp in 1998. This spacecraft demonstrated the via...
Arase (ERG)
Arase, also known as ERG (Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace), is a satellite launched by the Japan A...
Stardust-NExT
Stardust-NExT was a NASA extended planetary mission that repurposed the Stardust spacecraft to conduct a flyby of Comet...
Yohkoh
Yohkoh, originally designated as the Solar-A mission, was a Japanese solar observation satellite launched in 1991. The s...
Suisei
Suisei, meaning "comet" in Japanese, was an unmanned space probe developed by the Institute of Space and Astronautical S...
Akari
Akari, originally known as ASTRO-F, was an infrared astronomy satellite developed by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Age...
Akatsuki
Akatsuki, also known as the Venus Climate Orbiter, is a JAXA spacecraft launched in 2010 to study the atmospheric dynami...
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