Thursday, October 4th was a big day for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The KAGUYA lunar explorer, launched by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 123 (H-IIA F13) on September 14th from the Tanegashima Space Center was injected into lunar orbit at 6:20 a.m., Japan Standard Time (JST). The satellite has been confirmed to be in good health.


