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Topics List Aug. 12, 2016 UpdatedAJISAI marked 30th anniversary on Aug. 13, 2016, and its operation still continues The Experimental Geodetic Satellite “AJISAI” (EGS)” was launched at 5:45 a.m. on Aug 13, 1986 (JST) from the Tanegashima Space Center and it was put into a circular orbit at an altitude of 1,500 km by the […]

ISS/Kibo Monthly News: June, 2016 Last Updated: August 16, 2016 Topic of the Month Launch date set for Astronaut Takuya Onishi Expedition 48/49 crew being interviewed(June 24) (Credit: JAXA/NASA/Stephanie Stoll) At the Flight Readiness Review (FRR) held on June 23 in Houston, the date (July 7) and time (10:36 a.m.) for launching the Soyuz MS-01 […]

Technological demonstration of protein crystallization at 4℃ Last Updated: August 16, 2016 JAXA has conducted protein crystallization (the JAXA PCG experiment) at 20℃ for a long period of time. Meanwhile, new devices to realize the experiment at 4℃ have been organized. Crystallization at 4℃ realizes the crystallization of candidate drugs in high demand, such as […]

JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference Date and time: From 11:00 – 11:30 a.m. on July 14 (Thu), 2016Venue: JAXA Tokyo Office Presentation Room (B1 floor)MC: Yoshikazu Shoji, JAXA Public Affairs Department Director Activities of Astronaut Onishi As you may already know, on July 9th, Astronaut Onishi safely arrived at International Space Station (ISS) and […]

Topics List Jul. 29, 2016 UpdatedHappy Birthday, Akatsuki! On July 19, Akatsuki celebrated 1st Venus’s year anniversary (a year on Venus is 225 Earth days). Akatsuki keeps working well and continues to gather lots of data. The four cameras aboard the Venus Climate Orbiter “Akatsuki” keep sending down images. May 23, 2016 UpdatedA movie of […]

HTV6 mission logo HTV6 Mission Developed and built in Japan, the H-II Transfer Vehicle (HTV) known as “KOUNOTORI (white stork)” is an unmanned cargo transfer spacecraft that delivers supplies to the International Space Station (ISS). With the world’s largest loading capacity of approximately six tons and such unique functions as the International Standard Racks, “KOUNOTORI” […]

Solar wind forms the energy source for aurora explosions. How does the Earth’s magnetosphere take in the energy of the solar wind? An international team led by Hiroshi Hasegawa and Naritoshi Kitamura (ISAS/JAXA) analyzed data taken by the US-Japan collaborative mission GEOTAIL and NASA’s MMS satellites and revealed that the interaction between the magnetic fields […]

| 1 | 2 | 3 | Why is the solar corona so hot? The question of why the solar corona is so hot has puzzled solar physicists for many years. In order to solve the mystery, a number of ground-based telescopes and satellites were developed around the world. Despite of such an effort, we […]

Topics List Jul. 7, 2016 UpdatedAn Unexpectedly Calm Hot Gas in the Center of the Perseus Cluster An international team observed the hot gas in the Perseus cluster with the Soft X-ray Spectrometer (SXS) on board the X-ray Astronomy Satellite ASTRO-H (“Hitomi”) during its initial operation phase, which started one week after liftoff. The total […]

CALET has succeeded in observing electron precipitation Last Updated: July 6, 2016 National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) Waseda University JAXA The CALorimetric Electron Telescope (CALET) onboard the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” of the International Space Station (ISS) since 2015 has succeeded in observing a tremendous shower of electrons*1(called “Relativistic Electron Precipitation: REP”) for a […]

The target asteroid of Hayabusa2 is (162173) Ryugu, 1999 JU3 in the provisional designation. Hayabusa2 will arrive at this asteroid in June – July 2018. In this summer, we have a opportunity to observe Ryugu, so we set up “Ryugu Observation Campaign” from July 1 to August 15, 2016. This is the last chance to […]

物理量の対応表はこちら 大気圏 降水 雨、雪などの降水に関する物理量で、降水量、降水分類、降水粒子径の三つの物理量があります。 雲 大気中に浮かぶ雲に関する物理量で、雲水量・雲氷量、雲マスク・分類、雲粒径・形状、雲頂特性、雲量、光学的厚さ、雲相、ドップラー速度、雲消>散係数、雲後方散乱係数、雲ライダー比、雲偏光解消度があります。 水蒸気 空気中の水蒸気に関する物理量で、積算水蒸気量があります。 エアロゾル 大気中に浮遊する微小粒子であるエアロゾルに関する光学的厚さ、粒子径、マスク、種、消散係数、後方散乱係数、ライダー比、偏光解消度>の8の物理量が含まれる物理量です。 放射収支 地球は太陽から放射エネルギーを受け取ると同時に、表面(陸面、海面、雪氷面、雲頂等)からエネルギーを宇宙へ放出しています。その放射エ>ネルギーの出入りをまとめたものが放射収支です。潜熱加熱率プロファイル、短波放射フラックス、長波放射フラックス、短波加熱比、長波加熱比の物理量があります。 放射輝度 衛星が観測した放射輝度 雪氷圏 海氷 海氷域の海氷密接度、海氷分布、表面温度、積雪粒子径などの表面状態を観測した物理量が含まれます。 積雪 積雪域の積雪深、積雪分布、表面温度、積雪粒子径などの表面状態を観測した物理量が含まれます。 陸圏 土壌水分 土壌水分は、地表面付近の土壌に含まれる水分です。 積雪 積雪域の積雪深、積雪分布、表面温度、積雪粒子径などの表面状態を観測した物理量が含まれます。 地表面 地表面の状態観測により得られら物理量が含まれます。 放射輝度・反射率 光線の強度を表す放射輝度・反射率の物理量です。 放射輝度 衛星が観測した放射輝度 植生 陸地に生育している植物の集団である植生に関する物理量で、植生パラメータとバイオマスがあります 海洋圏 海面水温 大気と海洋の境界である、数ｃｍ～１０ｍ程度の海面の水温に関する海面水温の物理量です。 海上風 海上における風速である海上風速の物理量です。 海色 正規化海水射出放射輝度、クロロフィルa濃度、懸濁物質濃度、有色溶存有機物の物理量があります。 その他 放射輝度・輝度温度 物体の熱放射と同じ輝度を持つ黒体の温度である輝度温度、光線の強度を表す放射輝度、放射輝度・反射率の物理量があります。 レーダ 衛星から発射されるレーダに関する物理量で、受信電力、レーダ反射因子、後方散乱断面積があります。 幾何情報 幾何学補正をするための情報です。 環境補助 全球客観解析値(GANAL)および全球予報値(FCST)を入力とし、衛星軌道で時空間内挿したもの。 Let’s block ads! (Why?) To source

JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference Date and time: From 11:00 – 11:45 a.m. on June 15 (Wed), 2016Venue: JAXA Tokyo Office Presentation Room (B1 floor)MC: Yoshikazu Shoji, JAXA Public Affairs Department Director X-ray Astronomy Satellite ASTRO-H (“Hitomi”) Through a subcommittee for Hitomi under the Committee for Space Development and Application of MEXT (Ministry of […]