Topics List Sep. 2, 2015 UpdatedHayabusa2 additional ion engine operation for Earth swing-by On Sept. 1 (Tue.) and 2 (Wed.), the ion engine of the Hayabusa2 was additionally operated in order to increase the orbit control accuracy for the Earth swing-by.The additional jet emission was completed as scheduled, and the ion engine was operated for […]
Earth Observation Research Center (EORC) of Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has released a new webpage “JAXA Himawari Monitor ” showing the color images and the quicklook images of the geophysical data from the geostationary satellite of Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Himawari-8. JAXA and JMA has exchanged the agreement on the distribution and the release […]
Topics List Aug. 25, 2015 UpdatedKOUNOTORI5 captured and berthed at the ISS The “KOUNOTORI5” launched by the H-IIB F5 on Aug. 19 (Wed. Japan Standard Time) was captured by the robotic arm of the International Space Station (ISS), which was maneuvered by Astronaut Kimiya Yui, at 7:29 p.m. on August 24 (Mon. JST). The HTV5 […]
Topics List Aug. 17, 2015 UpdatedKOUNOTORI5 launch rescheduled to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 (Wed.) 2015 The KOUNOTORI5(HTV5)/H-IIB F5 launch was postponed to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 due to adverse weather.Accordingly, the live launch report will begin at 8:00 p.m. on August 19 (Wed. , JST). The report will be broadcast through the Internet.Please […]
Topics List Aug. 17, 2015 UpdatedKOUNOTORI5 launch rescheduled to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 (Wed.) 2015 The KOUNOTORI5(HTV5)/H-IIB F5 launch was postponed to 8:50:49 p.m. on August 19 due to adverse weather.Accordingly, the live launch report will begin at 8:00 p.m. on August 19 (Wed. , JST). The report will be broadcast through the Internet.Please […]
TOP > Report & Column > The Forefront of Space Science > 2014 > Honeycomb-structured Weight-saving High Gain Planar Antennas Installed on Hayabusa 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | The asteroid explorer “Hayabusa 2” was launched on 3 December. This paper will introduce the high gain planar antennas lightened with the use of […]
Topics List Aug. 6, 2015 UpdatedDevelopment progress for Enhanced Epsilon The development of the Enhanced Epsilon Launch Vehicle has been going smoothly.The static firing test of the sub-sized upper-stage motor was completed before the end of March, 2015, as scheduled.On June 18, shocks and behavior due to the payload separation impact were checked through the […]
Aug. 5, 2015 Updated AKATSUKI: Orbit successfully controlled JAXA performed an orbit control maneuver for the Venus Climate Orbiter “AKATSUKI” in late July in preparation for its re-injection into the Venus orbit scheduled for Dec. 7, 2015. According to the analysis of telemetry data acquired up to Aug. 2, the orbit control and correction was […]
June 30, 2015 JAXA has conducted a usability survey of the “ALWIN” at Tokyo International Airport JAXA has conducted a usability survey of the “Airport Low-level Wind INformation” (ALWIN) for airline’s flight crews and dispatchers in cooperation with Japan Airlines (JAL) at Tokyo International Airport (Haneda Airport) on March 2015.ALWIN provides strategic aircraft operational information […]
July 13, 2015 Simulation for effect on passenger cabin when encountering turbulence To determine turbulence effects on the passenger cabin, JAXA conducted simulations for the following two cases. Motion of aircraft, a cabin crew and service carts were simulated for both cases. The left-hand side of the video below simulates a case of severe turbulence […]
Free-Space PADLES experiment conducted Last Updated: July 14, 2015 The first Free-Space PADLES experiment intended to investigate the space radiation dose outside the Japanese Experiment Module “Kibo” was conducted from June 1-15, 2015. PADLES will be shipped to the JAXA Tsukuba Space Center (TKSC) for analysis after its return to earth. During this technology demonstration […]
JAXA Astronaut Activity Report, February, 2015 Last Updated: May 11, 2015 This is JAXA’s Japanese astronaut activity report for February, 2015. Astronaut Kimiya Yui continues training for his upcoming long-duration ISS mission Astronaut Kimiya Yui, who was assigned as a crew member for the Expedition 44/45 mission to the International Space Station (ISS), underwent training […]