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Satori
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« on: 08/24/2011 10:58 PM » |
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Japan will launch the IGS (Optical-4) satellite on August 28, 2011. Launch window: 0436 / 0449UTC.
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« on: 08/24/2011 10:58 PM » |
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Jason1701
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« Reply #1 on: 08/25/2011 03:16 AM » |
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Webcast?
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Fuji
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« Reply #2 on: 08/25/2011 10:08 AM » |
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Japan will launch the IGS (Optical-4) satellite on August 28, 2011. Launch window: 0436 / 0449UTC.
Launch was delayed du to rocket 's range safety system (reciever) malfunction. New launch date is not announced yet.
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input~2
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« Reply #4 on: 09/08/2011 08:12 AM » |
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There was apparently a design failure in the CDR (command destruct receiver) ( source)
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Satori
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« Reply #5 on: 09/08/2011 05:44 PM » |
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New launch date: September 17th. Launch window: 0400UTC to 0600UTC.
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Fuji
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« Reply #7 on: 09/16/2011 09:52 AM » |
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New launch date: September 18th. Launch window: 0436UTC to 0449UTC. Sorry, I will not update this weekend. This site is helpfull (Japanese). http://www.sacj.org/openbbs/
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Fuji
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« Reply #9 on: 09/17/2011 08:34 PM » |
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Freak typhoon !
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Fuji
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« Reply #10 on: 09/20/2011 01:33 AM » |
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Officially NET Sep. 22.Updated. Launch window: Sep. 23 0436UTC to 0449UTC. I show the updated typhoon chart. 360deg turn 
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« Reply #11 on: 09/20/2011 12:28 PM » |
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Officially NET Sep. 22.
Updated. Launch window: Sep. 23 0436UTC to 0449UTC.
I show the updated typhoon chart. 360deg turn
That looks like quite the travel plan for that typhoon - How often do you get these? Is it a season, where you can expect another one in a month?
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« Reply #12 on: 09/20/2011 09:34 PM » |
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Officially NET Sep. 22.
Updated. Launch window: Sep. 23 0436UTC to 0449UTC.
I show the updated typhoon chart. 360deg turn
That looks like quite the travel plan for that typhoon - How often do you get these? Is it a season, where you can expect another one in a month?
Saw somewhere in the news like a million people in Japan are getting out of the way of it.
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tehwkd
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« Reply #13 on: 09/22/2011 07:55 AM » |
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VIA @nextlaunch Sept. 23, 0436 UTC / 12:36am EDT / 13:36 JST - H-IIA carrying IGS (Optical-4) spy satellite. Webcast: bit.ly/pDDKLk
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Fuji
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« Reply #14 on: 09/23/2011 01:13 AM » |
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Satori
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« Reply #15 on: 09/23/2011 03:40 AM » |
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yoichi
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« Reply #16 on: 09/23/2011 04:08 AM » |
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Satori
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« Reply #18 on: 09/23/2011 04:22 AM » |
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Feed is very bad...
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Satori
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« Reply #19 on: 09/23/2011 04:24 AM » |
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Satori
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« Reply #20 on: 09/23/2011 04:28 AM » |
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #21 on: 09/23/2011 04:31 AM » |
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How long till launch? I can't believe we didn't have a proper thread title for this!
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Satori
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« Reply #22 on: 09/23/2011 04:32 AM » |
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T-5m. Weather is good and everything is go for launch...
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #23 on: 09/23/2011 04:33 AM » |
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Thanks Rui. Bad stream, so well done getting what you can.
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Satori
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« Reply #24 on: 09/23/2011 04:33 AM » |
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How long till launch? I can't believe we didn't have a proper thread title for this!
Is not usual to have a feed for Japanese military launches.
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osiossim
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« Reply #25 on: 09/23/2011 04:34 AM » |
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T-2m
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #26 on: 09/23/2011 04:34 AM » |
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Any infomation in English on the payload?
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osiossim
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« Reply #27 on: 09/23/2011 04:35 AM » |
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T-30s
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Satori
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« Reply #28 on: 09/23/2011 04:37 AM » |
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Ignition and launch!!!
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Fuji
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« Reply #29 on: 09/23/2011 04:39 AM » |
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Any infomation in English on the payload?
No official information also in Japanese.
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Satori
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« Reply #30 on: 09/23/2011 04:39 AM » |
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #31 on: 09/23/2011 04:41 AM » |
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Any infomation in English on the payload?
No official information also in Japanese.
Ah yes, I've just noticed it was a military satellite  Looks like a good launch!
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Satori
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« Reply #32 on: 09/23/2011 04:42 AM » |
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Launch time 0436:50UTC.
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Satori
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« Reply #33 on: 09/23/2011 04:44 AM » |
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #34 on: 09/23/2011 04:45 AM » |
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Fuji, was this a 202 version of the H-2A with the 4S fairing design?
(Trying to write a short article on this)
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Satori
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« Reply #35 on: 09/23/2011 04:46 AM » |
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Well, back to bed! This was a 202, don't know the fairing design.
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #36 on: 09/23/2011 04:47 AM » |
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Well done Rui!
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Fuji
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« Reply #37 on: 09/23/2011 05:06 AM » |
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Fuji, was this a 202 version of the H-2A with the 4S fairing design?
(Trying to write a short article on this)
May be. I'm trying to serch the written status but nothing. Logically, 202 version with the 4S fairing.
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Fuji
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« Reply #38 on: 09/23/2011 05:10 AM » |
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Satellite separation was confirmed. (Via twitter information)
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #39 on: 09/23/2011 05:11 AM » |
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Thanks Fuji, and I've found snippets of info on the IGS' so I'll have an article on shortly. Keeping an eye on the North Koreans! 
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Chris Bergin
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« Reply #41 on: 09/23/2011 05:42 AM » |
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Thanks to our friends on twitter, we're told @kimi_lica was the person with the camera filming this, so I'm posting to provide additional accreditation
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Salo
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« Reply #42 on: 09/23/2011 05:44 AM » |
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Fuji
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« Reply #43 on: 09/23/2011 05:47 AM » |
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Salo
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« Reply #44 on: 09/23/2011 05:49 AM » |
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Salo
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« Reply #45 on: 09/23/2011 06:30 AM » |
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input~2
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« Reply #48 on: 09/23/2011 07:04 AM » |
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input~2
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« Reply #49 on: 09/23/2011 07:51 AM » |
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Short article:
http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2011/09/japanese-h-2a-launches-new-igs-military-satellite/
A third optical satellite – IGS 4A – and a second radar satellite – IGS 4B – were then launched on 24 February 2007. IGS 4A is classed as a advanced and experimental optical satellite, based on the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) technology. AFAIU, a SAR antenna is used on Radar satellites not on optical satellites, which typically use telescopes. Also, according to the Japanese Wikipedia page on IGS (different from the English version !): IGS-4A was "Radar-2" not an optical satellite while IGS-4B was Optical-3-Demo, not a radar satellite. IGS-5A launched on Nov 28, 2009 was Optical-3. AFAIU, the "Optical-4" launched this morning would correspond to "IGS-6A"
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input~2
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« Reply #50 on: 09/23/2011 08:16 AM » |
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Two objects have now been catalogued by Stratcom, 11050A/37813 & 11050B/37814, albeit without public orbital elements
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Salo
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« Reply #52 on: 09/23/2011 12:49 PM » |
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robertross
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« Reply #53 on: 09/23/2011 03:07 PM » |
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Thanks Rui & Fuji for the launch coverage (since I was sleeping ) And for the updates from our other friends. Congrats to the teams for a successful launch & deploy!
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input~2
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« Reply #54 on: 09/24/2011 05:16 PM » |
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According to Stratcom,Object A (presumably Optical-4) is in the following orbit:
589km x 590km x 97.69° Period 96.47 minutes
Object B (which could be the H-2A second stage) is in the following orbit:
564km x 591km x 97.65° Period 96.23 minutes
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Galactic Penguin SST
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« Reply #55 on: 09/26/2011 09:13 AM » |
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<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/aZTLJgM0nYc&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/aZTLJgM0nYc&rel=1</a>]]>
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yg1968
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« Reply #56 on: 09/26/2011 11:47 PM » |
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See also here:
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yoichi
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« Reply #57 on: 09/27/2011 12:59 AM » |
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<![CDATA[<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/KgqVFq4QQPw&rel=1" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/KgqVFq4QQPw&rel=1</a>]]>
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input~2
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« Reply #58 on: 12/10/2011 06:01 PM » |
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According to Stratcom,Object A (presumably Optical-4) is in the following orbit:
589km x 590km x 97.69° Period 96.47 minutes
Object B (which could be the H-2A second stage) is in the following orbit:
564km x 591km x 97.65° Period 96.23 minutes
Now: Object A is IGS-6A (no orbital data)
Object B is H-2A 2nd stage in 563 x 589 km x 97.65° Period 96.18 minutes
Object C & Object D are indicated as H-2A debris (Radar Cross Sections of 0.003)
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pargoo
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« Reply #59 on: 12/10/2011 10:47 PM » |
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Do we have a better launch pic than the one above? I'm not talking hi-res - fat chance! - just...better. The JAXA site has nothing about F19, as far as I can tell.
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input~2
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« Reply #60 on: 12/10/2011 11:29 PM » |
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Do we have a better launch pic than the one above? I'm not talking hi-res - fat chance! - just...better. The JAXA site has nothing about F19, as far as I can tell.
How about this one? ( source)
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pargoo
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« Reply #61 on: 12/11/2011 04:04 AM » |
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Not bad. Thanks...I forgot all about flickr.
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