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SLIM

SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) aims to demonstrate “landing where it is desire to land”, pin-point landing technique and obstacle detection technique.

  • Client

    Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

  • Launch date

    September 7, 2023

  • Launch Vehicle

    H-IIA

  • Launch site

    Tanegashima Space Center

  • Mass

    Approx. 730kg

  • Electrical power

    200W over

  • Design life

    6 months after launched (more than a couple of days on the lunar surface)

  • Responsibilities

    system contractor


SOLAR-B

SOLAR-B is the third-generation solar physics satellite of JAXA a successor to the greatly successful SOLAR-A. The satellite was launched in 2006 on a mission of elucidating the wonders and mechanism of solar activities in the corona zone by means of a high-powered reflecting telescope of 50cm diameter.

The mission of SOLAR-B is the elucidation of such issues as: the composition of the outer surface of the sun (corona and chromosphere); the magnetic microstructure of the surface of the sun's photosphere, and dynamics and coupling with the sun's corona; and elementary processes of magnetic reconnection. In order to accomplish this mission, SOLAR-B is a solar-orbit observation platform consisting of three observation systems: a visible light/magnetic field telescope, an X-ray telescope, and an extreme ultra violet (EUV) spectrum imaging system. The satellite is equipped for high-resolution, comprehensive observation of magnetism, temperature, and plasma flow in the range of the 6,000 oC surface of the photosphere, to the several tens of thousands of degrees of the corona.

  • Client

    JAXA

  • Launch date

    September 23, 2006

  • Launch Vehicle

    M-V

  • Launch site

    Kagoshima Space Center

  • Orbit

    Altitude: 600 km, Sun-synchronous polar orbit

  • Mass

    900 kg

  • Electrical power

    1,000 W

  • Design life

    Minimum 2 years

  • Responsibilities

    Prime contractor