HII-A Rocket : Japan
Japan launched the HII-A rocket recently.
- HII-A rocket launching site: Tanegashima Space Center in southwestern Japan.
- Launched by: Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA).
- Objective: to explore the origins of the universe.
- The rocket put a satellite called X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission, or XRISM, into orbit around Earth.
- It will measure the speed and makeup of what lies between galaxies.
- This information will help in studying how celestial objects were formed.
- It can also lead to solving the mystery of how the universe was created.
- The mission is significant for delivering insight into the properties of hot plasma.
- Understanding the distribution of this hot plasma in space and time, as well as its dynamical motion, will shed light on diverse phenomena such as black holes, the evolution of chemical elements in the universe, and the formation of galactic clusters.
- The rocket also has the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, or SLIM which is a lightweight lunar lander.
