Japan To Launch X-ray Detecting Satellite, Lunar Lander

Japan to launch X-ray detecting satellite, lunar lander

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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is expected to launch a revolutionary satellite and the "Moon Sniper" lunar lander on Monday

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The XRISM mission of Japan will contain a satellite, called the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission that is said to reveal celestial objects as part a joint mission between JAXA and NASA

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JAXA is also launching SLIM, short for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, with the XRISM spacecraft

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This lunar lander is design to demonstrate a "pinpoint landing" in any location within 100 metres

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The launch has been delayed twice due to bad weather, but the launch will take place aboard a H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Centre at 9:26 a.m

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The satellite and its two instruments will observe the universe’s hottest regions, largest structures and objects with the strongest gravity

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XRISM mission is aimed towards detecting X-ray lights, which are invisible to the human eye

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Japanese company Ispace’s Hakuto-R lunar lander fell 4.8 kilometers before crashing into the moon during a landing attempt in April

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SLIM is targeting a site near a small lunar impact crater called Shioli, where it will investigate the composition of rocks that may help scientists uncover the origins of the moon

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