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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - ETS-VIII -
Full Name Engineering Test Satellite VIII Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies JAXA Launch Date 18 Dec 2006
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 18 Dec 2016
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type Geostationary Orbit Period
Orbit Sense TBD Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude 35786 km Orbit Longitude 146 deg
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications ETS-VIII (Engineering Test Satellite VIII) is an advanced JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) technology demonstration satellite with the aim to develop and verify the world's largest geostationary satellite-bus technology, considered to be necessary for space missions at the beginning of the 21st century.
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