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SLIM

Lunar Lander

SLIM, short for Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, is a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency robotic spacecraft launched in September 2023 to demonstrate precision landing technology on the lunar surface. The lander touched down on the Moon on January 20, 2024, making Japan the fifth nation to achieve a soft lunar landing, and it landed within about a hundred meters of its intended target, far more precise than most previous lunar landings. SLIM landed at an unintended tilted angle after one of its engines lost thrust late in descent, but it recovered enough to briefly operate on the surface and returned images and data before Japan space agency ended the mission.

Facts
Spacecraft Type
Lunar lander/rover 2
Launch Date
2023-09-06 2
Manufacturer
Mitsubishi Electric 2
Status
Mission concluded 2
Status
Status (category)
Mission Complete / Ended 1
Connections

Mission Of

SLIM Mission, Missions and Programs
Source Wikipedia, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

Operated By

JAXA, Space Agencies and Companies

SLIM (Smart Lander for Investigating Moon) was a JAXA mission that achieved a precision Moon landing in January 2024.

Source Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Additional Source SLIM - WikipediaWikipedia: SLIM (spacecraft), lead section
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Manufactured By

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. SLIM (spacecraft) (Wikipedia)
JAXA officially declared the mission concluded on August 23, 2024View the Source
2. SLIM - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, Spacecraft type
    Lunar lander/rover
  • Infobox, Launch date
    6 September 2023 23:42:11 UTC
  • Infobox, Manufacturer
    Mitsubishi Electric
  • Body text, Mission end section
    JAXA officially declared the mission concluded on August 23, 2024
  • Operated By: JAXA, Wikipedia: SLIM (spacecraft), lead section
  • In Group: Asian Lunar Landers, Lead sentence
    The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM), nicknamed the "Moon Sniper", was a lunar lander mission operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
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Wikipedia, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon
  • Part Of: SLIM Mission, Lead: mission of the spacecraft (part-of)
    was a lunar lander mission operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
  • Mission Of: SLIM Mission, Lead: mission of the spacecraft (mission-of)
    was a lunar lander mission operated by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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