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[Research and Development Directorate] Low Shock Release Device (LSRD-10K/C-2000)

Registration date 2/12/2016 JAXA development group Research Unit II, Research and Development Directorate View diagram See Attachment 1 Environmental resistance See Attachment 2 Patent number(publication number) N/A Reference N/A Satellite and launch date To be supplied after launch Note N/A Manufacturer Mitsubishi Electric CorporationKamakura city, Kanagawa-ken, JAPANhttp://www.mitsubishielectric.com/worldwide/index.html Features By converting the holding tension force to […]

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[Aeronautical Technology Directorate] [PR brochure] JAXA Aeronautics Magazine "FLIGHT PATH" No.13/14

Message from Director General of the Aeronautical Technology Directorate”Shaping Dreams for Future Skies” <Feature 1>Challenges of the SafeAvio projectFor safe and comfortable air travel <Feature 2>FQUROH: Ready for flight demonstrationDeveloping quiet aircraft technologies to reduce airport community noise Let’s block ads! (Why?) To source

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[Interview] Jin Mayama, Novelist "Space Is No Longer Just a Dream"

The novelist Jin Mayama produces book after book that examines the light and dark elements of modern society, and challenges the hypocrisy behind ‘common sense’ views. Mayama’s work Baikoku (Treason), published in 2014, tells the story of a prosecutor from the Special Investigation Department of the Tokyo District Public Prosecutors Office who becomes involved in […]

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[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] "Glacier and Glacial Lake Inventory" was updated (Ver. 16.11).

» Description (PDF File / 2.7MB) ····  » “Glacier and Glacial Lake Inventory” (Ver. 16.11, zip Compress / 10.4MB)  ····  The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is cordially announcing public release of “Glacier and Glacial Lake Inventory of Bhutan using the Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS, nicknamed “Daichi”) Data” (Version 16.11), which is covered the entire country of […]

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[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] "Earth Observation Priority Research" page was opened

Assembling observation data in earth observation priority research and promoting new research by combining it with models to contribute to the prosperity of humanity. In EORC, we do “Earth Observation Priority Research” where analysis and research are developed multi-dimensionally in cooperation with universities, research institutes and foreign researchers. The data is then sent from earth […]

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[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Observation Results on New Zealand

ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Observation Results on New Zealand Posted: November 16, 2016, 7:30 (UTC) On November 15, 2016 at 23:00 (UTC), an emergency observation with the Phased Array-type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 (PALSAR-2) aboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2, “DAICHI-2”) was performed in response to the magnitude-7.8 earthquake in New Zealand on November 13, 2016 […]

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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Success of Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Artificial Blood for Dogs

Success of Synthesis and Structural Analysis of Artificial Blood for Dogs— Encouraging solution for deficiency in transfusion blood and global demand — Last Updated: November 11, 2016 Chuo University Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency Brief overview A research group of Prof. Teruyuki Komatsu of Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Chuo University and […]

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[JAXA President Monthly Press Conference] JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference October 2016

[JAXA President Monthly Press Conference] JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference October 2016

JAXA President Monthly Regular Press Conference Date and time: From 1:30 – 2:00 p.m. on October 14 (Fri), 2016Venue: JAXA Tokyo Office Presentation Room (B1 floor)MC: Yoshikazu Shoji, JAXA Public Affairs Department Director IAC (International Astronautical Congress) ,2016 IAC (International Astronautical Congress) was held in September in Guadalajara, Mexico. IAC is annually organized in autumn. […]

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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Turkey hands over samples to Japan for space environment long-term exposure experiment to be conducted under Turkey-Japan cooperation on Kibo utilization

Turkey hands over samples to Japan for space environment long-term exposure experiment to be conducted under Turkey-Japan cooperation on Kibo utilization! Samples to be loaded onboard “KOUNOTORI6”. Last Updated: November 4, 2016 In September, JAXA and the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications (MTMAC) of the Republic of Turkey signed a cooperation agreement on […]

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[International Cooperation] Turkey hands over samples to Japan for space environment long-term exposure experiment to be conducted under Turkey-Japan cooperation on Kibo utilization! Samples to be loaded onboard “KOUNOTORI6”.

Topics List Nov. 4, 2016 UpdatedTurkey hands over samples to Japan for space environment long-term exposure experiment to be conducted under Turkey-Japan cooperation on Kibo utilization! Samples to be loaded onboard “KOUNOTORI6”. In September, JAXA and the Ministry of Transport, Maritime Affairs and Communications (MTMAC) of the Republic of Turkey signed a cooperation agreement on […]

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[Earth Observation Research Center (EORC)] ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 Observation Results on M 6.2 earthquake in central Italy.

ALOS-2/PALSAR-2 Observation Results on M 6.2 earthquake in central Italy Posted: August 25, 2016, 8:00 (UTC)Updated: September 1, 2016, 7:00 (UTC) Updated: November 4, 2016, 8:00 (UTC) On August 24, 2016 at 23:00 (UTC), an emergency observation with the Phased Array-type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar-2 (PALSAR-2) aboard the Advanced Land Observing Satellite-2 (ALOS-2, “DAICHI-2”) was […]

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[ISS / Japanese Experiment Module (KIBO)] Samples exposed to the space environment return to researchers

Samples exposed to the space environment return to researchers Last Updated: October 31, 2016 The first samples that had been attached to the Exposed Experiment Handrail Attachment Mechanism (ExHAM) for exposure in the space environment were returned to Earth at the end of August, and then later handed over to researchers at the Tsukuba Space […]

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[Institute of Space and Astronautical Science (ISAS)] A joint observation by solar observing satellites Hinode and IRIS quantitatively explores the formation of the solar chromosphere

TOP > Topics > 2016 > A joint observation by solar observing satellites Hinode and IRIS quantitatively explores the formation of the solar chromosphere Hinode and IRIS have shown that the dynamic solar chromosphere could be heated and formed by dissipation of the energy of waves. © NAOJ/JAXA Original size (3.7MB) Although the solar energy […]

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