Space Japan Review 6 - 7
No.23 June 2002 / July 2002
"The DIRECTV-4S satellite under final tests in the BSS factory" | Contents A summary of interim report by New Satellite Business Study Consortium Satellite Communications and I Seiko Arizumi, Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation Seiko Arizumi, who works at the B-SAT Kawaguchi Broadcasting Satellite Control Center, talked to us about her first experience with satellites, and about current satellite control operations. Series-Satellite Commentary Yutaka Kazekami, Senior Editor History of Space Development from Slightly Different View (3) Space Japan Milestone Successful Launch of JCSAT-2A The JCSAT-2A satellite, the successor to the JCSAT-2 satellite operating in a 154-degree-east orbital slot, was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana on March 29, 2002, and started operations on May 10. Selected Paper NASDA's promotion activities and related experiments for i-space project H. Takamatsu, J. Gomi and N. Kadowaki NASDA launched a new integrated space project called 'i-Space Project', which consists of three satellite projects: Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII), Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS), and quasi-Zenith satellite (Figure-Eight satellite) projects. Topics from Within "AIAA Technical Committee on Communications Systems" Yutaka Kazekami, Senior Editor AIAA Technical Committee on Communications Systems (TCCS) was held on 12 May 2002 at Hilton Montreal Bonaventure in Montreal, Canada. Topics from Conference "23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS)" Yutaka Kazekami, Senior Editor The 23rd International Symposium on Space Technology and Science (ISTS) was held at Shimane Prefecture Assembly Hall and Kunibiki Messe in Matsue City, Shimane Prefecture in Japan from May 26 to June 2, 2002. Conference Letter "AIAA 20th ICSSC (International Communications Satellite Systems Conference)" Yutaka Kazekami, Senior Editor The 20th AIAA ICSSC was held in the Hilton Montreal Bonaventure hotel at Montreal, Canada from May 12 to 15, 2002. Total number of registered participant is 320. From Editor Editor Y.K. Although I tried to collect all manuscript by the end of May, it has been completed along with World Cup. However, I have self-confident with the contents of this month, such as CEO Interview of Boeing Satellite Systems President Mr. Brinkley and etc.
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