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XRISM Mission

September 12 , 2023 312 days 429 0
  • Japan has launched H-IIA rocket which carried the XRISM (X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission) into space.
  • It is a collaboration between NASA and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency).
  • The XRISM mission has two instruments—Resolve and Xtend.
  • Resolve instrument can measure each individual X-ray’s energy to provide information about the source including composition, motion and physical state.
  • Xtend observes an area that corresponds to 60 per cent larger than the average apparent size of the full moon.

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