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Launched 2023-09-06 23:42:11 UTCYoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Success
Reached Lunar Orbit
Worldwide
144th
orbital launch attempt in 2023
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
1st
launch this year
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
223 d 21 h
since the pad's previous launch
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.
Launch Provider
Government · Japan · Founded 2003 · Administrator Hiroshi Yamakawa
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is Japan's national aero-space agency. Through the merger of three previously independent organizations, JAXA was formed on 1 October 2003. JAXA is responsible for research, technology development and the launch of satellites into orbit, and is involved in many more advanced missions, such as asteroid exploration and possible manned exploration of the Moon. JAXA launch their Epsilon vehicle from the Uchinoura Space Center and their H-II vehicles from the Tanegashima Space Center.
Launches
37
Successful
33
89%
Upcoming
2
scheduled
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Launch success.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Liftoff.
Cosmic_Penguin
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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New launch date and time.
Cosmic_Penguin
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TBD September due to weather
Nosu
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Scrub due to upper winds
SwGustav
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Livestream has started
Launch Library 2
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24 hours slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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24 hours slip due to weather.
Cosmic_Penguin
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GO for launch.
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET Aug. 26
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET August 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET May 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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Slipped to Fiscal Year 2023 = NET April 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
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NET 2023
Cosmic_Penguin
Height
53m
Diameter
4m
To low Earth orbit
10,000kg
Liftoff thrust
2,260kN
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ETS-9Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · H3-22 · Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-2, Tanegashima Space Center, JapanGeostationary Transfer OrbitTo be determinedNET 2026
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