Smart Lander for Investigating Moon

Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) was a lunar lander mission of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). The lunar lander came to the Moon in January 2024. Systems on the lander are known to have (operated or) been working, as late as April 2024.

As a result of the lunar landing, Japan became the 5th country to soft land on the surface of the Moon.  

History
It was successfully launched on 6 September 2023 at 23:42 UTC (7 September 08:42 Japan Standard Time).

It entered orbit around the Moon on 25 December 2023, and landed on 19 January 2024 at 15:20 UTC.  

Planning for the mission: By 2017, the lander was planned to be launched in 2021, but this was delayed until 2023. 

The expected cost for developing this project is 18 billion yen.

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