TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan aims to become the fifth country to land a spacecraft on the lunar surface with the launch of a low-cost
"moon sniper" on Thursday that will test precision landing technology designed to further Tokyo’s space goals.
The Smart Lander for Investigating Moon craft - dubbed"moon sniper" by JAXA - is set to touch down on the near side of the moon close to Mare Nectaris, a lunar basin that is one of the visible dark spots on the moon. Japan's efforts to build a homegrown space industry are also on display: The lander was assembled by Mitsubishi Electric, using its landing radars, computers and transponder. Sharp Corp supplied solar cells and Meisei Electric supplied the navigation cameras.The $100-million mission is expected to reach the moon by February after traveling along a looping, fuel-efficient trajectory of Earth to moon orbits.
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