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SLIM
2023-09-07 · landing 2024-01-19 · SLIM · partial ops
JAXA SLIM precision soft-landing demo.
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H-IIA launch (SLIM)
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries' H-IIA 202 launched JAXA's SLIM lander. · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · global.jaxa.jpIHI Aerospace OME + 22 N thrusters (SLIM)
IHI Aerospace main engines (OME dual biprop class) and 22 N thrusters for JAXA SLIM per public media kit attribution. · IHI Aerospace · global.jaxa.jpLEV-1 hopping robot (JAXA)
LEV-1 is JAXA's hopping robot, released from SLIM. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · global.jaxa.jpLEV-2 (Sora-Q) on SLIM
JAXA / Takara Tomy / Sony / Doshisha LEV-2 Sora-Q transformable robot on SLIM - same product family as Hakuto-R M1 Sora-Q. · Takara Tomy / Sony (Sora-Q) · global.jaxa.jpLRA laser retroreflector array (SLIM)
NASA mini LRA on JAXA SLIM for orbital laser ranging. · NASA · isas.jaxa.jpMitsubishi Electric SLIM prime + landing radar / GNC
MELCO was JAXA-awarded SLIM spacecraft prime. · Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) · mitsubishielectric.comRenesas Intersil rad-hard ICs on SLIM
Renesas public claim: Intersil rad-hard ICs supported data/comms and power conditioning paths on SLIM. · Renesas Electronics · renesas.comSLIM 3D-printed aluminum lattice crushable legs (JAMPT)
Crushable 3D-printed aluminum lattice landing-leg absorbers on SLIM. · JAMPT · metal-am.comSLIM ceramic combustor (Kyocera)
Kyocera ceramic combustor in MHI’s SLIM 500 N main engine. · Kyocera · kyocera.co.jpSLIM integral propellant tank (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
MHI Nagasaki (Isahaya) developed and manufactured SLIM’s fuel/oxidizer integral tank with a common bulkhead - also a primary structure load path. · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · mhi.comSLIM landing-leg shock absorbers (Koiwai)
Koiwai (Odawara foundry / AM) co-made the crushable aluminum lattice tips on SLIM’s five landing legs with JAMPT - JAXA mediakit ABS line. · Koiwai · global.jaxa.jpSLIM main engine (Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)
MHI manufactured SLIM’s pulse-throttled main engine (ceramic combustor, Isahaya plant) used for trajectory control and landing Δv. · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries · mhi.comSLIM Multi-Band Camera (MBC)
JAXA Multi-Band Camera on SLIM for mineralogical imaging at high spatial resolution near Shioli crater. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · isas.jaxa.jpSLIM navcam / MBC / LRF (Meisei Electric)
Meisei built SLIM’s navigation camera, Multi-Band Camera, and laser range finder - pinpoint-landing optics. · Meisei Electric · meisei.jpSLIM oxidizer-tank diaphragm (Chukoh Chemical)
Chukoh Chemical made the thin diaphragm in SLIM’s oxidizer tank (JAXA mediakit tank line). · Chukoh Chemical Industries · global.jaxa.jpSLIM precision lander delivery (JAXA)
JAXA Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) precision landing tech demo - partial surface ops after tip-over. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · isas.jaxa.jpSLIM SUS laminated battery (Furukawa Battery)
Furukawa Battery supplied the SUS laminated (LICM) cell on JAXA's SLIM lander. · Furukawa Battery · global.jaxa.jpSLIM thin-film solar cells (Sharp)
Sharp supplied thin-film solar cells for JAXA's SLIM lander. · Sharp · isas.jaxa.jpCargo
SLIM Multi-Band Camera (MBC)
JAXA Multi-Band Camera on SLIM for mineralogical imaging at high spatial resolution near Shioli crater. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · en.wikipedia.orgLunar Excursion Vehicle 1
LEV-1 is JAXA's hopping robot, released from SLIM. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · en.wikipedia.orgLEV-2 (Sora-Q)
JAXA / Takara Tomy / Sony / Doshisha LEV-2 Sora-Q transformable robot on SLIM - same product family as Hakuto-R M1 Sora-Q. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) · en.wikipedia.orgLaser Retroreflector Array
Demo for navigation. Renesas public claim: Intersil rad-hard ICs supported data/comms and power conditioning paths on SLIM. · NASA · pgda.gsfc.nasa.govRelated flights
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