Editing JAXA (section)

=== X-ray astronomy ===
{{See also|ASTRO-H|XRISM}}

Starting from 1979 with [[Hakucho]] (CORSA-b), for nearly two decades Japan had achieved continuous observation. However, in the year 2000 the launch of ISAS's X-ray observation satellite, [[ASTRO-E]] failed (as it failed at launch it never received a proper name).

Then on 10 July 2005, JAXA was finally able to launch a new [[X-ray astronomy]] mission named [[Suzaku (satellite)|Suzaku]] (ASTRO-EII). This launch was important for JAXA, because in the five years since the launch failure of the original ASTRO-E satellite, Japan was without an [[x-ray telescope]]. Three instruments were included in this satellite: an [[X-ray spectrometer]] (XRS), an [[X-ray imaging spectrometer]] (XIS), and a [[hard X-ray detector]] (HXD). However, the XRS was rendered inoperable due to a malfunction which caused the satellite to lose its supply of liquid helium.

The next JAXA x-ray mission is the [[MAXI (ISS Experiment)|Monitor of All-sky X-ray Image (MAXI)]]. MAXI continuously monitors astronomical X-ray objects over a broad energy band (0.5 to 30 keV). MAXI is installed on the Japanese external module of the ISS.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/maxi_e.html |title=MAXI:Experiment – International Space Station – JAXA |author=JAXA |access-date=12 June 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130521055336/http://iss.sfo.jaxa.jp/kibo/kibomefc/maxi_e.html |archive-date=21 May 2013 }}</ref> On 17 February 2016, [[Hitomi (satellite)|Hitomi]] (ASTRO-H) was launched as the successor to Suzaku, which completed its mission a year before.