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SLIM precision lander delivery (JAXA)
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JAXA Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) precision landing tech demo.
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SLIM flew on 7 September 2023.
Themes: Landers
In this suite IHI Aerospace main engines (OME dual biprop class) and 22 N thrusters for JAXA SLIM per public media kit attribution. · IHI Aerospace MELCO was JAXA-awarded SLIM spacecraft prime. · Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) Renesas public claim: Intersil rad-hard ICs supported data/comms and power conditioning paths on SLIM. · Renesas Electronics Crushable 3D-printed aluminum lattice landing absorbers by JAMPT for SLIM pinpoint landing shock absorption. · JAMPT JAXA Multi-Band Camera on SLIM for mineralogical imaging at high spatial resolution near Shioli crater. · Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Furukawa Battery supplied the SUS laminated (LICM) cell on JAXA's SLIM lander. · Furukawa Battery Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Nagasaki built SLIM’s integral fuel and oxidizer tank with a common bulkhead that also carries structure loads. · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mitsubishi Heavy Industries built SLIM’s pulse-throttled main engine, used for trajectory control and landing. · Mitsubishi Heavy Industries JAXA Multi-Band Camera on SLIM for mineralogical imaging at high spatial resolution near Shioli crater. · Meisei Electric Sharp supplied thin-film solar cells for JAXA's SLIM lander. · Sharp Flights SLIM 2023-09-07 · SLIM