H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM
Launch information
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X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM), formerly the X-Ray Astronomy Recovery Mission (XARM), is a replacement for the Hitomi satellite that malfunctioned few weeks after the launch. Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) is a lunar probe that will target a landing on a small crater in Mare Nectaris, an area located near the moon's equator on the side facing Earth.
Launch status
Launch status information for space mission ‘H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM’.
Success
Status: Launch Successful
Class: normal
Launch T0: Sept. 6, 2023, 11:42 p.m.
Timezone: Asia/Tokyo
Launch authority
Details about the the rocket, its target orbit and the launch pad location.
Mission |
XRISM & SLIM (LO) |
|---|---|
Launcher |
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency |
Rocket |
H-IIA |
Location |
Tanegashima Space Center, Japan |
Pad |
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1 |
Type |
Astrophysics |
Orbit |
Lunar Orbit (LO) |
Satellites on-board
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Launch statistics
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Orbital Launch
#6512
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Location Launch
#88
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Pad Launch
#54
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Agency Launch
#36
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Orbital Launch
#144
Year 2023
Location Launch
#3
Year 2023
Pad Launch
#2
Year 2023
Agency Launch
#1
Year 2023
Latest news about the launch
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NASA, JAXA XRISM Mission Looks Deeply Into ‘Hidden’ Stellar System
The Japan-led XRISM (X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) observatory has captured the most detailed portrait yet of gases flowing within Cygnus X-3, one of the most studied sources in the X-ray sky. Cygnus X-3 is a binary that pairs a rare type of hig...
One year into mission, XRISM reveals movements of cosmic material around supernova remnant and black hole
In September 2023, the joint Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), European Space Agency (ESA), and NASA X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) telescope launched into low-Earth orbit atop a Japanese H-IIA rocket. Since then, the X-ray telesc...
XRISM unveils black hole and supernova remnant surroundings
XRISM revealed the structure, motion and temperature of the material around a supermassive black hole and in a supernova remnant in unprecedented detail. Astronomers presented the first scientific results of the new X-ray telescope today, less than a year...
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