CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ETS-VIII
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Full Name
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Engineering Test Satellite VIII
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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JAXA
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Launch Date
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18 Dec 2006
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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18 Dec 2016
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Geostationary
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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35786 km
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Orbit Longitude
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146 deg
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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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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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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