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Launch of Mtsat-2 by the H-IIA 9 rocket, in February 18, 2006
By courtesy of RSC
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Contents
Cover Page
The launch of Mtsat-2 by the H-IIA 9 rocket, in February 18, 2006 from JAXA Tanegashima Space Center
Courtesy of RSC
Executive Comment
Masao Matsumoto
Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination
Minister's Secretariat
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications
I was appointed as the Director-General for Technology Policy Coordination, Minister's Secretariat, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) in August last year and I am now controlling Space related R&D at MIC. I had been engaged in space communication field for total of 7 years that include the 5 years work at Space Communications Policy Division, and the work at the Defense Agency. As one of the people involved in space R&D, I think that the activities of the Japan Forum on Satellite Communication in the satellite communication field are very joyous.
Satellite Communication and I
Takako Oono, Toshiba Corporation
"Moba HO" How to get it and How to use it.
Capital Products & Review
Air mattress type bio-signal and sleep monitoring system
Air mattress type bio-signal monitoring system was developed by Hosei University Watanabe Lab. And JEPICO corp. with business-academia collaboration. Just lying down on the air filled mattress enables detecting the several bio-signals such as heart beat, respiration, body movement and snoring.
Conference Report
Satellite 2006 Conference & Exhibit and SSPI Gala
Special editorial counselor for SJR Susumu Kitazume
February 6-9th, 2006, Satellite 2006 Conference & Exhibit and SSPI Gala Satellite were held in Washington Convention Center, this is the report of the event overview. This is the 25th annual Satellite 2006 Conference and Exhibition by Via Satellite Magazine. Satellite 2006 Chairman has reported that 6,700 attendees have passed the Washington Convention Center in this week with 245 Satellite related Exhibitor and sitting in on Conference Session 204 speakers and moderators. In addition to that, it is stated that there are 243 satellites including 46 communication satellites in orbit now and 15 Communication Satellites were launched in last year.
Space Japan Opinion
On the Evolution of the Commercial Communications Satellite Industry
Thomas C. Butash, Ph.D.
BAE Systems Engineering Fellow and Immediate Past Chair of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) Technical Committee on Communications Systems
The commercial communications satellite industry, despite increasing, relentless competition from terrestrial fiber-optic and wireless network systems, has recently emerged from a four year recession. The industry is in the process of reinventing itself - a process which will determine whether commercial communications satellites continue as a principal medium for ubiquitous communications services or are ultimately relegated to niche applications such as transoceanic mobile and remote communications. A brief review of the industry's short but nonetheless illustrious history of innovation and growth is presented to provide a framework within which current industry challenges and future potential directions are examined.
Satellite Commentary
Kaizo Yamamoto, Yoji Morishita, Makoto Sasaki
Research and Development of Traveling Wave Tubes for Broadcasting Satellites
Satellite broadcasting in Japan has now grown to the point where it is
considered a quasi-backbone media, providing contents to viewers in
about 18 million households. In the backdrop of this proliferation, we
find a history of struggles and challenges faced by the many satellite
engineers who worked through the stages of broadcast satellite research
and development and practical applications, and who eventually secured
the broadcast waves that we use today.
Topics From Within(1)
Attending at AIAA International Activity Committee Meeting and Board of Directors Meeting
Takashi Iida, JAXA
AIAA-IACiInternational Activities CommitteejMeeting and the Board of Directors Meeting were held in Reno Hilton Hotel, Reno, Nevada on January 12 and 13, 2006, respectively. I had an opportunity to attend these meetings. This is a brief report of these meetings."
Topics From Within(2)
OICETS in-orbit experiments
Yoshihisa Takayama, Masaaki Mokuno
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
OICETS Project team
The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) was developed by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) to demonstrate the inter-satellite laser communications with the Advanced Relay and Technology Mission (ARTEMIS) geostationary satellite developed by European Space Agency (ESA). On 23rd August 2005, OICETS was successfully launched at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Republic of Kazakhstan and thrown into a circular orbit at the altitude of 610 km.", OICEST's intersatellite optical communication experiments are reported.
From Editor
(S.K.)
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