Orbit tweak for Japanese space capsule – Riverine Herald

The Japanese space agency will “tweak” the trajectory for a capsule on track to land in the South Australian outback on Sunday.The agency says it will perform a minor orbit correction on Tuesday, though the capsule, containing sub-surface asteroid samples, remains on course to land at a site in the Woomera prohibited area, in South Australia’s north.
It says the correction will slightly alter the landing position to make work easier for its recovery team.
The capsule has been travelling onboard…

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