- XRISM, with a microcalorimeter spectrometer detector, promises sharper, detailed X-ray observations 30 times sharper than NASA’s Chandra.
- The telescope will study the universe’s hottest regions, largest structures and objects with strongest gravity.
- The same rocket also carried the ‘Moon Sniper’, a small-scale lander part of the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) mission.