Japan has become the fifth country to reach the moon, but after the spacecraft landed on the moon, problems with its solar power system meant the mission could only operate for a few hours.
Before Japan, US, Soviet Union, China and India spaceships have landed on the moon.
Japan launched its lunar vehicle ‘Moon Sniper’ on the surface of the moon in September 2023, this mission continued to orbit the moon for a month after successfully entering the moon’s orbit, but now this spacecraft yesterday has landed on the moon.
According to the report of foreign news agencies, this mission called Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLAM) consists of a small spacecraft and a lander weighing 200 kg.
The main objective of the mission was to demonstrate the capability of a pinpoint landing within 100 meters of a selected landing site, the Japanese mission landed near Shioli, a small crater in the lunar equatorial region.
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency says the spacecraft re-established contact with Earth after landing on the moon, but its solar panels were unable to generate electricity, possibly because it was angled in the wrong direction. I am not
The head of the research center of the Japanese Space Agency said that ‘Slam is now only working on battery, our priority is to transmit its data to the ground.’
He said he was hopeful that sunlight hitting the spacecraft’s solar panels could make it work again.
He added that it takes 30 days for the angle of the solar panels on the moon to change, so when the solar direction changes and the light comes from a different direction, the sunlight can potentially hit the solar cell and the spacecraft. Can work again.
The head of the Japanese Space Agency’s research center added that judging by the trace data, Slim had definitely made a pinpoint landing within 100 meters of the landing site, although it would take a month to confirm that. .’
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2024-05-08 21:02:51