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H-IIA 202 | XRISM & SLIM

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · H-IIA 202 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 36th launch · 1st this year · humanity's 6,512th orbital launch attempt

T− --:--:--September 6, 2023 · 23:42 UTCAdd to calendar
Success

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

Window: Sep 6, 23:42Sep 6, 23:42 UTC

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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.

Astrophysics · Lunar Orbit (LO)

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Updates

  • Launch success.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/7/2023 · source

  • Liftoff.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/6/2023 · source

  • Livestream has started

    LL2 · 9/6/2023 · source

  • New launch date and time.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 9/4/2023 · source

  • TBD September due to weather

    Nosu · 8/30/2023

  • Scrub due to upper winds

    SwGustav · 8/28/2023 · source

  • Livestream has started

    LL2 · 8/27/2023 · source

  • 24 hours slip due to weather.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/25/2023 · source

  • 24 hours slip due to weather.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 8/24/2023 · source

  • GO for launch.

    Cosmic_Penguin · 7/11/2023 · source

Pad — Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1

Local pad time: Sep 7, 8:42 AM GMT+9

57 launches from this pad · 98 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan

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