Status of the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "IBUKI" (GOSAT)
January 23, 2009 (JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) confirmed that the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite "IBUKI" (GOSAT) is in good condition through the data we have received from the satellite at domestic and overseas stations. The IBUKI was launched at 12:54:00 p.m. on January, 23, 2009 (Japan Standard Time).
We have attached images of the solar array panel deployment received at the Perth Station, Australia.
(Next IBUKI information dispatch)
We plan to inform you of the IBUKI orbit calculation result in the following IBUKI Countdown Page sometime tomorrow (JST).
[http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f15/index_e.html]
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Solar Array Panel (SAP) Deployment Images
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| Image: SAP Deployment (-Y side) (The green area is the view area.) |
Image: SAP Deployment (+Y side) (The green area is the view area.) |
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| SAP image (-Y side) taken by CAM-H1 | SPA image (+Y side) taken by CAM-H3 |
We have confirmed that the deployment went normally by the above images and telemetry data.