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The launch of Japan's X-Ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) has been postponed due to unfavorable upper winds. XRISM, a collaborative mission between JAXA, NASA, and ESA, aims to study celestial X-ray objects with high-resolution spectroscopy and imaging. The payload includes Resolve, a soft X-ray spectrometer, and Xtend, a soft X-ray imager. The new launch date will be announced once confirmed.
The X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) is set to launch on August 25, aiming to study massive cosmic phenomena using instruments capable of measuring the heat of a single X-ray photon. Led by JAXA with collaboration from NASA, the mission will provide insights into difficult-to-study areas such as neutron stars and black hole-powered particle jets in active galaxies. XRISM will utilize a spectrometer called Resolve, which can catalog millions of ultra-high-resolution measurements, and a complimentary instrument called Xtend to capture images within a wider field of view than any previous X-ray imaging satellite.