Now for the hard part: testing its ability to pick a safe landing spot
rocket veered off course in October 2022 and consigned eight commercial satellites to a fiery end.
Anticipation for the launch of SLIM was therefore high, because it had been delayed for a few days on account of adverse weather. Those delays came after its planned 2021 launch date was pushed back because of problems with another mission that rode the same rocket. More on that later.Most spacecraft land where they're told and have limited ability to survey the terrain beneath them and select a safe spot to touch down.
SLIM carries high-resolution cameras, and its onboard computers have models of the Moon's surface. Those computers also run algorithms that allow it to compare input from the cameras with the models, then select its own landing location. If that succeeds, the hope is that SLIM's tech will be useful for future sample return missions. And also just to improve the chances of success for any mission that touches down on non-terrestrial bodies.
The precision landing tech helps to reduce SLIM's weight, making the mission of importance as a test for smaller craft that nonetheless take on weighty tasks.
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