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[SCI] April 5 at 10:56 JST. It is the onboard time for the SCI to separate. This will confirmed on the ground in about 17 minutes. Spacecraft altitude is about 17 minutes.

[SCI] April 5 at 11:13 JST: At an altitude of 500m as planned, the SCI was separated from the spacecraft, and the spacecraft has confirmed to have moved to the evacuation operation.

[SCI] April 5 at 11:32 JST: The separation of DCAM3 from the spacecraft has been confirmed. The spacecraft is now performing the evacuation ΔV (acceleration) as planned.

[SCI] April 5 at 11:43 JST. It is now 10 minutes until the operation of the SCI (impact device) can be confirmed.

[SCI] The SCI operation is at 11:53am JST (ground reception time). We will then watch the situation of the spacecraft for a few minutes. Previously we tweeted that we could confirm the operation of the SCI, but confirming the operation itself is not yet possible.

[SCI] April 5 at 11:56 JST. The SCI operation time has passed and we have confirmed there is no problem with the spacecraft during the evacuation operation.

[SCI] April 5 at 12:45 JST. The operation is steadily progressing. The control room was crowded with people, but now about 20 people are working here.

[SCI] April 5 at 13:45 JST: Gate 5 was confirmed. The spacecraft state is normal and it was confirmed that the evacuation operation, the separation of the SCI and DCAM3 went as planned. The SCI separation and evacuation sequence were a success.