JAXA to Launch Mars Moon Exploration Spacecraft on Oct. 20

The No. 10 H3 rocket is scheduled to blast off from JAXA's Tanegashima Space Center in Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, at 4:41:03 a.m. that day. The Martian Moons eXploration, or MMX, spacecraft is expected to arrive near Mars about a year after the launch. It will observe Phobos and Deimos, the moons of Mars, and collect samples from the surface of Phobos.

Source: nippon.com