The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency is expected to launch an X-ray satellite to study extreme cosmic objects and a lunar lander nicknamed the “Moon Sniper” on Sunday evening.
A revolutionary satellite that will reveal celestial objects in a new light and the “Moon Sniper” lunar lander are expected to lift off Sunday night. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launch, already rescheduled twice due to bad weather, will occur aboard an H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima Space Center at 8:26 p.m. ET Sunday, or 9:26 a.m. Japan Standard Time on Monday. The event will stream live on JAXA’s YouTube channel, offering a broadcast in both English and Japanese.
will detect X-ray light, a wavelength invisible to humans. Studying stellar explosions and black holes X-rays are released by some of the most energetic objects and events in the universe, which is why astronomers want to study them. “Some of the things we hope to study with will discover as it observes our cosmos.” Compared with other wavelengths of light, X-rays are so short that they pass through the dish-shaped mirrors that observe and collect visible, infrared and ultraviolet light such as the James Webb and Hubble space telescopes. With that in mind,
with one of the largest fields of view on an X-ray satellite. “The spectra will use its own propulsion system to head toward the moon. The spacecraft will arrive in lunar orbit about three to four months after launch, orbit the moon for one month, and begin its descent and attempt a soft landing between four to six months after launch. If the lander is successful, the technology demonstration will also briefly study the lunar surface.
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