2023-09-07 04:14:00
Updated Thursday, September 7, 2023 – 04:14
Workers at the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) celebrate the launch.AP
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) successfully launched a rocket on Thursday to orbit a new research satellite to unravel the evolution of the universe and space-time, and a lunar lander.
The 47th H2A rocket was launched at 08:42 local time (23:42 GMT on Wednesday) from the Tanegashima Space Center, located in Kagoshima (southwest of the archipelago), and the first phases developed as planned without problems, according to JAXA.
The mission was initially scheduled to take off at the end of August, but the launch was postponed due to bad weather.
Today was the first launch of this magnitude from the island after the failed maiden launch of the new generation Japanese H3 rocket last March, which, together with the recent failed missions to land modules on the moon, had dealt a severe and worrying blow. for the Japanese space industry.
The XRISM satellite (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) is an X-ray observation device designed to investigate the winds of plasma gases that blow through the galaxies to unravel the evolution of the universe and the structure of space-time.
The mission, led by Japan, is a joint project with the US NASA and the European Space Agency (ESA).
XRISM is specialized in X-ray spectroscopic observations resolution images of the movement of these hot gases to determine mass and energy flows that help to understand the composition and evolution of celestial objects.
X-rays are released in the most energetic explosions and hottest places in the universe, including the masses of gas that surround galaxy clusters.
The remaining gas in the clusters of galaxies is a vestige of the birth and death of stars, so the study of the X-rays emitted by it would allow discover what elements it contains and draw a map of how the universe became rich from them.
The mission also aims to measure the X-ray light emitted by immensely dense objects, such as the large black holes found at the center of some galaxies, in order to help understand how space-time warps. around you and to what extent this influences your galaxies.
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The SLIM module, for its part, is Japan’s new attempt to make its first successful moon landing.
The module is expected to enter the orbit of Earth’s natural satellite in about three or four months and that their landing attempt occurs in about four or six months.
The lander will attempt to touch the lunar surface look for Shioli crter, near the lunar equator, in an attempt to make “the most precise landing” to date, according to JAXA.
The device will take images that will be used in the Artemis lunar exploration project, which aims to facilitate the return of the human being to the Moon and, ultimately, the exploration of Mars.
to get it, Japan would be the fifth country to land a module on the Moon, after the former Soviet Union, USA, Canada and India.
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