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H-IIA launches XRISM and SLIM
Sep 7, 2023
H-IIA, expendable launch systemQuote:
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries’s H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) launched the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) from the Yoshinobu Launch Complex, at JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center, Japan, on 6 September 2023, at 23:42:11 UTC (7 September, at 08:42:11 JST).
Credit: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)/Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
H-IIA F47 launches XRISM and SLIM
https://youtu.be/gJtu5w5PwqE?si=0rOxpJnVt9tu6dSl
SLIM’s first images of the Moon
Dec 25, 2023
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JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was successfully inserted into lunar orbit on 25 December 2023, at 07:51 UTC (16:51 JST). SLIM orbit will be adjusted until mid-January for a planned landing on the Moon on 19 January 2024.
Article "Watch Japan's SLIM spacecraft land on the Moon today"
JAXA's SLIM spacecraft is aiming for 'pinpoint' accuracy to see in a new era of lunar exploration.
by Iain Todd
January 18, 2024
https://youtu.be/NJDrMWcEXaM?si=gTr9xLILH4AyLjte
SLIM landing on the Moon
Jan 19, 2024
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JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM, 小型月着陸実証機) successfully landed on the Moon, on 19 January 2024, at 15:20 UTC (20 January, at 00:20 Japan Standard Time). SLIM landed around the Shioli crater, near Mare Nectaris (“Sea of Nectar”) on the near side of the Moon
Article "Japan's SLIM moon craft short on power after successful lunar landing"
by Kantaro Komiya and Joey Roulette
January 20, 2024
https://youtu.be/wwNWKU98j6k?si=pFfGb8Nn2fGEvycM
SLIM landing on the Moon - Onboard camera view
Jan 25, 2024
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JAXA’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM, 小型月着陸実証機) successfully landed on the Moon, on 19 January 2024, at 15:20 UTC (20 January, at 00:20 Japan Standard Time). Images from the navigation camera (CAM-PX) show its landing descent trajectory. Photo taken by CAM-PX immediately after landing shows the surrounding area.
Article "Japan's SLIM probe regains power more than a week after moon landing"
by Kantaro Komiya
January 29, 2024