[FPSPACE] FW: [JAXA:0034] Orbit Data of the "Kirari" OICETS and INDEX

[LARRY KLAES]

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>Subject: [JAXA:0034] Orbit Data of the "Kirari" OICETS and INDEX
>Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2005 19:48:57 +0900 (JST)
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>                            Orbit Data of the
>@@Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite
>  @@@@@@@@@@@@@"Kirari" (OICETS)
>   @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@and
>   Innovative Technology Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX)
>
>                                                  August 24, 2005 (JST)
>                               Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)
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>The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed the detailed
>orbit data of the Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test
>Satellite (OICETS) "Kirari" and the Innovative Technology
>Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX) as follows. The satellites
>were launched at 6:10 a.m. on August 24, 2005, from the Baikonur
>Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan.
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>[Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite "Kirari"]
>                       Actual value   Scheduled value
>   Apogee altitude      611.4 km       (610.0 km)
>   Perigee altitude     609.6 km       (609.7 km)
>   Inclination          97.8 degrees   (97.8 degrees)
>   Period               96.9 minutes   (96.9 minutes)
>The satellite has now shifted to normal control mode, and is operating
>smoothly.
>
>[Innovative Technology Demonstration Experiment Satellite (INDEX)]
>                       Actual value   Scheduled value
>   Apogee altitude      654.1 km       (653.3 km)
>   Perigee altitude     610.0 km       (609.0 km)
>   Inclination          97.8 degrees   (97.8 degrees)
>   Period               97.3 minutes   (97.3 minutes)
>The nickname of the INDEX is "Reimei".
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>The next press release is scheduled to be issued at 18:10 on Aug. 25, 2005.
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