Fundamental policies and major objectives of the space activities in Japan is presented. Overview of the Japan's space activities in the following areas are presented: (1) space science including moon and planet exploration, astrophysics, and solar-terrestrial science; (2) general satellite technologies developed by engineering test satellites launched in the past or those scheduled for future launch; (3) launch vehicle development including H- and M-series of launch vehicles, and future space transportation measures such as H-2 Orbiting Plane (HOPE); (4) communication and broadcasting satellites including the Communications and Broadcasting Engineering Test Satellite (COMETS); (5) earth observation satellites including geostationary meteorological and earth observation satellites including the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) and the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM); and (6) space environment utilization including the use of dropping tower equipment, small rocket Test Rocket-1A (TR-1A), the space shuttle, satellites, and the space station Freedom.


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    Titel :

    Nihon No Uchuu Katsudou (Japanese Space Activities)


    Beteiligte:
    T. Maruyama (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    1992


    Format / Umfang :

    3 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch