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Status Of The Kirari OICETS Test
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) Nov 28, 2005 At 12:13p.m. on November 24, JAXA found that one of the four reaction wheels was disconnected from the onboard attitude control system of the Kirari, Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) when JAXA's Okinawa Tracking and Communication Station received telemetry from the satellite. The Kirari was launched by a Dnepr Launch Vehicle from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan on August 24, 2005 (JST), and is now under initial function verification. The Kirari is currently flying normally as it is designed with a redundant system that enables the satellite to control its attitude if one of the four reaction wheels is disconnected. The optical inter-orbit communications experiment with the Advanced Relay and Technology Mission "ARTEMIS" of the European Space Agency (ESA) is scheduled in early December. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Related Links JAXA SpaceDaily Search SpaceDaily Subscribe To SpaceDaily Express Space Technology News - Applications and Research
LIGO Up And Running, But Gravity Waves Remain Elusive
Washington DC (SPX) Jan 10, 2006Scientists working on the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory said Monday the facility has reached its target detection sensitivity, but the goal of finding the elusive phenomena known as gravity waves remains as elusive as ever. |
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