2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science
XRISM
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy observatory.
Era 6 of 6 · full record in the catalog
- Launch
- 6 Sep 2023
- Lead / partner
- Japan / NASA
- Target
- Earth orbit
- Category
- X-ray astronomy
- Status
- Operational
- Vehicle
- H-IIA 202
- Mass
- unknown
- Orbit / trajectory
- Geocentric orbit
- Duration
- 3 years (planned) (elapsed)
Why it happened
XRISM flew during 2021–Present: Lunar Return, New Stations and Deep-Space Science, as part of Japan / NASA's work toward earth orbit. A sourced write-up of the context around this mission is still on the editorial queue; nothing here is invented to fill the gap.
The mission
The full narrative of this mission is pending research and writing. What is recorded so far: High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy observatory.
Results
High-resolution X-ray spectroscopy observatory.
Related missions
Sources & image credits
- NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Conceptual Image Lab, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · license: public-domain (source, checked 2026-08-23)
- Mission record: AntarikshPedia canonical dataset (data-sources/missions_timeline.md)
- Specifications reference: NASA NSSDCA Master Catalog
