Operation Status of the "Suzaku"

[Jacques van Oene]

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Operation Status of the "Suzaku"

July 21, 2005
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

The 23rd scientific satellite Suzaku (ASTRO-EII) is operating smoothly.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency launched the Suzaku at 12:30 p.m.
(Japan Standard Time, JST) on July 10, 2005, from the Uchinoura Space
Center.
The operation status is as follows.

Between around 5:07 and 5:12 a.m. on July 21 (JST), the final perigee
up maneuver (to increase the perigee altitude) was carried out and
successfully completed. Through this maneuver, the satellite is now in
a circular orbit at an altitude of approximately 570 km, which is its
scheduled orbit.
After the initial operations, such as tests for onboard equipment, are
carried out, observations are scheduled to start in mid August.


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Date of Issue : July 21, 2005

Publisher : Public Affairs Department
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building,
1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260
Japan
TEL:+81-3-6266-6400


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