section_path: Late 20th century–21st century uncrewed crash landings/Hiten (Japan)
section_name: Hiten (Japan)
paragraph_text: Hiten (Japan)
  
  Launched on 24 January 1990, 11:46 UTC. At the end of its mission, the Japanese lunar orbiter Hiten was commanded to crash into the lunar surface and did so on 10 April 1993 at 18:03:25.7 UT (11 April 03:03:25.7 JST).