Bouncing phase of MASCOT from second contact (CP2) to its first settlement point (SP1) with events as dots in panels a and b. Yellow dots: positions of contact points, black dots: position of MASCOT when seen in ONC images, red dots: position of MASCOT at the time of sixteen MASCam images. Panel a: ground profile of MASCOT’s bouncing path on top of ONC orthoimage map (thin line: MASCOT’s descent path). Panel b: vertical profile of MASCOT’s bouncing path (purple) and the surface of Ryugu (gray). Panel c: bouncing velocities of MASCOT over time (blue: vertical, red: horizontal, purple: total 3D).