Japanese launch schedule

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Cross-post from the program thread:

According to the official NASA website, the launch of XRISM and SLIM is now scheduled for NLT April 2023.

Noting the Japanese fiscal year runs April through March; it's basically a launch in the current fiscal year.


Any news regarding the next H-IIA launch, whatever it may be?

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Cross-post:

Japanese-NASA X-ray Observatory Stands Tall as Testing Begins [dated Jul. 19]

XRISM is expected to launch in 2023 on a JAXA HII-A rocket from Japan’s Tanegashima Space Center.

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Cross-posts
Next Epsilon launch:

Launch time is 00:47 - 00:58 UTC, 7 October 2022.

The payload are RAISE-3 and 5 other microsatellites chosen by JAXA (MAGNARO, MITSUBA, KOSEN-2, WASEDA-SAT-ZERO, FSI-SAT), plus QPS-SAR-3 and 4 flying on a commercial contract.

https://twitter.com/jeff_foust/status/1557754907901304834

Jeff Foust @jeff_foust
A couple other notes from the launch session at #smallsat:
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Next Japanese Epsilon launch is scheduled for October; first Epsilon S launch in 2023. [Aug 11]