# OMOTENASHI

> small spacecraft and semi-hard lander of the 6U CubeSat format

**Wikidata**: [Q48799723](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q48799723)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMOTENASHI)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/omotenashi-q48799723

## Summary
OMOTENASHI is a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander built in the 6U CubeSat format designed to demonstrate Moon exploration technologies. It was launched in 2022 and rode to space on NASA's Space Launch System Block 1.

## Key Facts
- OMOTENASHI is a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander in the 6U CubeSat format.  
- Official alias: "Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor."  
- Japanese name/alias: オモテナシ.  
- COSPAR ID: 2022-156D.  
- NSSDCA ID: OMOTENASH.  
- Instance of: spacecraft.  
- Launch year: 2022.  
- Launch vehicle: Space Launch System Block 1.  
- Wikipedia title and entry: OMOTENASHI (sitelink_count: 11; wikipedia_languages include ca, de, en, es, fa, fr, ja, ko, sv).  
- Commons category: OMOTENASHI; Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11f2wbl8vh.

## FAQs
### Q: What is OMOTENASHI?
A: OMOTENASHI is a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander in the 6U CubeSat format intended to demonstrate Moon exploration technologies. Its full alias spells out its purpose: "Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor."

### Q: When and how was OMOTENASHI launched?
A: OMOTENASHI was launched in 2022 aboard the Space Launch System Block 1 launch vehicle.

### Q: What identifiers are used for OMOTENASHI?
A: Key identifiers are COSPAR ID 2022-156D and NSSDCA ID OMOTENASH.

## Why It Matters
OMOTENASHI represents a compact approach to demonstrating lunar landing and exploration technologies by packaging a semi-hard lander into the 6U CubeSat form factor. As a technology demonstration explicitly named for "MOon exploration TEchnologies," it explores whether advanced lunar mission capabilities can be achieved within a very small spacecraft size class. Its launch on the Space Launch System Block 1 in 2022 placed a micro-scale lander on a vehicle intended for deep-space missions, highlighting integration of small-satellite experimentation with major launch systems. Because CubeSat formats lower barriers to entry for space hardware iteration and testing, OMOTENASHI's role as a small semi-hard lander contributes to assessing the viability of compact, low-mass approaches to lunar surface access and technology validation.

## Notable For
- Being a semi-hard lander built in the 6U CubeSat format.  
- Explicit mission focus shown in its full alias: Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor.  
- Launched in 2022 on NASA's Space Launch System Block 1.  
- Identified in space catalogues with COSPAR ID 2022-156D and NSSDCA ID OMOTENASH.

## Body
### Overview
- OMOTENASHI is described as a small spacecraft and semi-hard lander.  
- It uses the 6U CubeSat format, a standardized small-satellite form factor.

### Naming and Purpose
- Full alias: "Outstanding MOon exploration TEchnologies demonstrated by NAno Semi-Hard Impactor."  
- Japanese name/alias: オモテナシ.  
- The alias indicates a focus on demonstrating technologies for Moon exploration.

### Identifiers and Cataloguing
- COSPAR ID: 2022-156D.  
- NSSDCA ID: OMOTENASH.  
- Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/11f2wbl8vh.  
- Wikipedia entry title: OMOTENASHI.  
- Wikimedia Commons category: OMOTENASHI.  
- Available Wikipedia language entries include ca, de, en, es, fa, fr, ja, ko, sv.

### Launch
- Launch year: 2022.  
- Launch vehicle: Space Launch System Block 1.

### Classification
- Instance of: spacecraft.  
- Described specifically as a semi-hard lander within the 6U CubeSat class.

### References and Presence
- Sitelink_count: 11 (indicating multiple linked resources across Wikimedia).

## References

1. Jonathan's Space Report