Satellite ProgramsScience Satellites
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.
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Client
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Launch date
September 7, 2023
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Launch Vehicle
H-IIA
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Launch site
Tanegashima Space Center
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Mass
Approx. 730kg
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Electrical power
200W over
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Design life
6 months after launched (more than a couple of days on the lunar surface)
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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.
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Client
JAXA
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Launch date
September 23, 2006
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Launch Vehicle
M-V
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Launch site
Kagoshima Space Center
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Orbit
Altitude: 600 km, Sun-synchronous polar orbit
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Mass
900 kg
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Electrical power
1,000 W
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Design life
Minimum 2 years
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Responsibilities
Prime contractor
