Company

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

Japan · named on public Moon flights

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries operates Japan’s H-IIA launch service and flew JAXA SLIM on H-IIA F47 (7 Sep 2023). On SLIM, MHI’s Isahaya plant also manufactured the integral propellant tank (common bulkhead, structural load path) and the pulse-throttled main engine (ceramic combustor), JAXA letter of thanks, 1 Aug 2024.

Hardware

SLIM integral propellant tank

Part · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki built SLIM’s integral fuel and oxidizer tank with a common bulkhead that also carries structure loads. · SLIM

SLIM main engine

Part · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built SLIM’s pulse-throttled main engine, used for trajectory control and landing. · SLIM

Jobs

Flights

SLIM2023-09-07 · JAXA SLIM precision soft-landing demo.

Sources

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