[FPSPACE] FW: [JAXA:0143] KAGUYA (SELENE) Result of the Separation of the VRAD Satellite (Vstar)

[LARRY KLAES]

>From: "JAXA Press Release Mail Service" <jaxapr at jaxa.jp>
>To: ljk4 at msn.com
>Subject: [JAXA:0143] KAGUYA (SELENE) Result of the Separation of the VRAD 
>Satellite (Vstar)
>Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2007 21:13:41 +0900
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>                             KAGUYA (SELENE)
>          Result of the Separation of the VRAD Satellite (Vstar)
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>                                                 October 12, 2007 (JST)
>                              Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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>The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) performed the separation
>operation of one of the onboard baby satellites, the VRAD (Very Long
>Baseline Interferometer) Satellite* of the "KAGUYA" (SELENE.) The VRAD
>satellite was released at 1:28 p.m. on October 12, 2007 (Japan
>Standard Time, JST). The KAGUYA is a lunar explorer that was launched
>by the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 13 (H-IIA F13) on September 14, 2007,
>(JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center. Both the KAGUYA and VRAD
>satellite are confirmed to be in good health.
>
>Images of the separation of the VRAD satellite taken by the KAGUYA
>onboard camera are shown in Attachment.
>
>The other baby satellite, the Relay satellite, and the VRAD satellite
>are respectively nicknamed "OKINA" meaning an "honorable elderly man"
>and "OUNA" meaning an "honorable elderly woman."**
>
>
>* VRAD Satellite: a baby satellite of the KAGUYA that is equipped with
>a radiowave source for observing the gravity field of the Moon
>
>** OKINA and OUNA
>"OKINA" and "OUNA" were selected from nominations proposed by the
>people related to the SELENE project. The names stem from the Japanese
>classic story The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Taketori Monogatari,)
>which most Japanese are very familiar with, as the "KAGUYA" originates
>from "Kaguya-hime (Princess Kaguya)" in that tale.
>Princess Kaguya was found by an old man ("OKINA") in a bamboo and was
>brought up by the man and his wife ("OUNA") with great care. Please
>refer to the following website for the outline of the tale.
>[http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/special/nickname_e.html]
>The Relay and VRAD satellites are flying in a higher orbit than the
>main satellite, KAGUYA, as if they are watching over the KAGUYA as its
>guardians. Therefore, we selected "OKINA" and "OUNA" as their
>nicknames.
>
>Attachment
>http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071012_kaguya_e.html#at01
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>
>You can also check this information on the following Special Site:
>[http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/index_e.html]
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>http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2007/10/20071012_kaguya_e.html
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