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SLIM

Also known as SmartLanderforInvestigatingMoon

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency · Launched

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Completed · Partial success

A Japanese pinpoint-landing demonstration that touched down close to its target but came to rest with its solar panels facing the wrong way.

Destinations
Moon
Launch vehicle
H-2A
Launch site
Tanegashima, Japan
Countries
Japan
Mission types
Lander

Chronology

Mission timeline

  1. Launch

    SLIM launched as a ride-share with XRISM on an H2A from Tanegashima Space Center

  2. Flyby

    SLIM made a close approach of the Moon at 5000 km altitude

    Moon

  3. Orbit insertion

    A thruster firing put SLIM into a 600 x 4000 km lunar polar orbit

    Moon

  4. Landing

    SLIM landed near the ejecta blanket of Shioli crater; a thruster had failed at about 50 metres and the solar panels ended up facing west

    The page gives the landing as "approximately 12:20 am JST (15:20 UT)".

    Moon

Mission architecture

Vehicles

  • SLIM · Lander

    Destinations: Moon

Trajectory record

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Provenance

Sources

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Data verified through August 27, 2026