JSAT JCSAT-10 Satellite Successfully Launched.Tokyo, Japan, Aug 15, 2006 - (JCN) - JSAT JSAT - Joint Safety Analysis Team JSAT - Joint Security Assistance Training JSAT - Joint System Acceptance Testing JSAT - JSC Safety Action Team Corporation announced that it successfully launched the JCSAT-10 communications satellite A radio relay station in orbit above the earth that receives, amplifies and redirects analog and digital signals contained within a carrier frequency. There are three kinds. Geostationary (GEO) satellites are in orbit 22,282 miles above the earth and rotate with the earth, thus appearing stationary. The downlink from GEOs back to earth can be localized into small areas or cover as much as a third of the earth's surface. on August 12. JCSAT-10 lifted off at 07:15 a.m. Japan Standard Time from the Guiana Guiana (gēăn`ə, –än`–), region, NE South America. It faces the Atlantic Ocean on the north and east and is enclosed on the west and south within a vast semicircle formed by the linked river systems of the Orinoco, the Río Negro, and the lower Amazon. Space Center in French Guiana French Guiana (gēăn`ə, –än`–), Fr. La Guyane française, officially Department of Guiana, French overseas department (2005 est. pop. 195,000), 35,135 sq mi (91,000 sq km), NE South America, on the Atlantic Ocean.. JCSAT-10 was inside the launch vehicle Ariane5, and was separated at 07:42a.m. The first telemetry was received at a ground station in Australia at 08:07 confirming that the satellite has reached its orbit as planned. JCSAT-10 is known as the successor spacecraft to JCSAT-3. The schedule for the JCSAT-10 includes the payload in orbit test in late August and handover of JCSAT-10 in early October. Copyright [c] 2006 Japan Corporate News Network. All rights reserved. |
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