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XRISM & SLIM

Success JAXA, H-IIA 202

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Mission

Astrophysics · LO

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…

What it put in orbit

ObjectTypeOrbitGlobe
XRISM 2023-137A Payload 521 × 531 km · 31.0° Globe
H-2A DEB 2023-137B Debris re-entered 2023-09-29
H-2A DEB 2023-137C Debris re-entered 2025-10-24
SLIM 2023-137D Payload re-entered 2024-01-19
H-2A R/B 2023-137E Rocket body re-entered 2025-01-03
H-2A DEB 2023-137F Debris re-entered 2024-11-30
H-2A DEB 2023-137G Debris re-entered 2024-05-10
H-2A DEB 2023-137H Debris re-entered 2024-10-11

COSPAR ID 2023-137 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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