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Schedule. Launch Vehicle : H-IIA as a piggyback satellite of Planet-C space craft Launch Year : 2010 (Detailed schedule will be announced by JAXA) Mission Life : 2 months. Kagoshima Satellite - New Tool for Atmospheric Water Vapor Observation -. Mission. Microwave Emission.
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Schedule Launch Vehicle : H-IIA as a piggyback satellite of Planet-C space craft Launch Year : 2010 (Detailed schedule will be announced by JAXA) Mission Life : 2 months Kagoshima Satellite- New Tool for Atmospheric Water Vapor Observation - Mission Microwave Emission Forecast of Local Heavy Downpours To forecast local heavy downpours and thunder storms in early phase, the atmospheric water vapor distribution is essential information. LEO satellite signals passing through the atmosphere include the information of the atmospheric water vapor. Water Vapor Arrival Times →Amount of W.V. Live Images from Space Virtual space flights are provided with an on-board video camera and a high speed microwave transmitter. A local heavy downpour on Aug. 29, 2008 at Nagoya, Japan (Photo by Internet news paper JANJAN) An imaginary picture from Satellite (Copy right: Google) Satellite Configuration of Satellite (before Launch) H-IIA Launch Vehicle R Trans. Antenna (anti-earth dir.) Rec. Antenna (anti-earth dir.) Tranmitter (Ku-band) Receiver (S-band) Power Cont. board Computer MagneticTorquer Image credit: JAXA Illustration of Kagoshima sat. in orbit Battery Specification • Size 10-cm cube • Weight 1.5kg • LinkDown 13.275 GHz Up2.050 GHz • Altitude 300 km Foot Switches Extension boom Photo of Preliminary Model 2010 2009 2008 Final test Mission Approved Launch KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY 2009