ARLA/CLUSTER: Japoneses vão lançar 7 satelites de amador em Fevereiro ou Março

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Japanese Ham Radio satellites launch Feb/March

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA) have announced the launch date, Feb. 28 JST, for the
H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 23 (H-IIA F23) with the Global Precipitation
Measurement (GPM) core observatory along with seven amateur radio
satellites.

The amateur radio satellites are STARS-II, ShindaiSat, TeikyoSat-3,
KSAT2, OPUSAT, ARTSAT: INVADER, ITF-1

It is understood they will be put into a 407 km orbit with an
inclination of 65 degrees.

Scheduled date of Launch: February 28 (Friday), 2014 (Japan Standard Time)
Launch time: 3:07 a.m. thru 5:07 a.m. (Japan Standard Time)
Launch Window: March 1 (Saturday) through March 31 (Monday), 2014.
Launch site: Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center

AMSAT-UK http://amsat-uk.org/