2023 · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
XRISM & SLIM
successH-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- September 6, 2023 at 11:42 PM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
- Mission
- XRISM & SLIM
- Mission type
- Astrophysics
- Orbit achieved
- Lunar Orbit