Japan is very active in space with a space telescope and a lunar mission!
The H-IIA launch vehicle, which left Tanegashima in Japan on September 7, placed the
Double strike of the Japanese H-IIA launch pad on September 7 at 8:42 a.m. local time. In terms of mass, the main passenger was XRISM space telescope The 2.3 tons were placed in Earth’s orbit at a distance of 500 kilometers 14 minutes after liftoff. After half an hour, Slim landing on the moon The 590 kg in turn separated from the second stage of H-IIA and began its journey towards the Moon.
XRISM/SLIM launch live stream
Slim: On the moon precisely
During this period he returned to the Moon and on its surface (recently Luna-25 Russian side And the India’s success with Chandrayaan-3 ), except thatSlim landing on the moon Who stole the show a bit from XRISM!
Slim means Intelligent lander for lunar explorationOr a smart lander to study the moon. Fairly modest in terms of mass and size (590 kg including propellant and 2 meters for its maximum length), the JAXA machine will test new technologies for automatic landings with an accuracy of about a hundred metres. Onboard computing will classically analyze Selen’s surface images in real time for navigation, but the innovation will consist of using facial recognition principles applied to lunar craters.
More information Written by Olivier Sange of La Cité de l’Espace
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