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UPDATE 1: Launch of JAXA’s XRISM + SLIM now put on hold due to weather

August 28, 2023

JAXA has announced that the scheduled launch of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47) on August 28, 2023 has had to be postponed due to upper winds that did not meet the required launch conditions.

The new launch date and time will be announced once confirmed.

JAXA will provide live coverage of the launch of the X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) onboard the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 47 (H-IIA F47).

The broadcast time will be around 8:55 to 10:25 a.m. on August 28, 2023 (JST) / 23:55 p.m. on August 27th to 1:25 a.m. on August 28, 2023 (UTC) from JAXA’s Tanegashima Space Center.

Photo of the Tanegashima Space Center, courtesy of JAXA.

The broadcast date and time are subject to change.

Photo of JAXA’s H-IIA launch vehicle, courtesy of the agency.

The XRISM project was initiated in 2018 and is the seventh, X-ray astronomy satellite program of the Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, JAXA. It aims at the early recovery of the prime science objective “to solve outstanding astrophysical questions with high resolution X-ray spectroscopy” of ASTRO-H, whose operation was ceased in 2016.

XRISM was developed under an international collaboration of ISAS/JAXA, NASA/GSFC, and ESA, along with universities and research institutes throughout the world. The development includes the satellites and instruments as well as data analysis software for users.

Filed Under: Agencies, HII-A Launch Vehicle, Japan, JAXA, Spectroscopy, Tanegashima Space Center, X-Ray Astronomy Tagged With: Featured

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