Launch of Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and piggyback satellite INDEX

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Launch of Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering
Test Satellite (OICETS) and piggyback satellite INDEX

July 27, 2005(JST)
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency(JAXA)

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported to the Space
Activities Commission (SAC) about the launch of the Optical Inter-orbit
Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and the piggyback
satellite INDEX. SAC consequently accepted the planned itinerary.


Scheduled Launch Date: August 24 (Wednesday), 2005
Launch Window:
Between August 25 (Thursday) and November 1 (Tuesday), 2005
Scheduled Launch Time: 6:10 a.m.
(Note: Dates and time are all Japan Standard Time)
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr Launch Vehicle


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Date of Issue : July 27, 2005

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