From: yamada@yscvax.ysc.go.jp (Yoshiro Yamada)
Subject: JERS-1/FUYO-1 UPDATE
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Organization: Yokohama Science Center, Yokohama, Japan
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1992 09:43:56 GMT


>From NASDA PRESS RELEASE:


	JERS-1/H-I Launch Information No. 7
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						April 6, 1992 (10:00)
						NASDA HQ., Tokyo Japan


It has been confirmed that the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) antenna of the
Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1/FUYO-1) had been deployed for 90
degrees through the analysis made at the NASDA Tsukuba Space Center's Tracking
and Control Center on the telemetry signal received at 04:26, April 4, 1992,
at NASDA's Transportable Tracking Telemetry and Command (TT&C) Station located
within the Swidish Space Cerportation (SSC)'s Esrange, Kiruna, Sweden.

Upon receiving the signal, attitude and temperature data were also analyzed at
the above Tracking and Control Center in detail from April 4 through 5. As a
result, it was verified that the above judgment was correct.

The period of conducting the antenna's both wings' extention and its off-nadir
inclination will be decided after the detailed examination to be carried out
from now onward.
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		JERS-1/H-I Launch Information No. 8
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							April 6, 1992 (16:30)

It has been decided by NASDA that the following actions will shortly be taken:

	1. A command will be sent around 09:30 on April 8, 1992, in order to
	   to extend both the wings of the SAR antenna.

	2. A command of off-nadia inclination will be sent around 09:30 on
	   April 9, 1992, after the extention of the above wings will have been
	   confirmed.
									End.



		JERS-1/H-I Launch Information No. 9
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SAR Antenna's Wings onboard JERS-1 (FUYO-1) Successfully Extended
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							April 8, 1992 (10:20)

It has been confirmed that the extention of the Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
antenna's both wings onboard the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1
(JERS-1/FUYO-1) had been completed at 09:50 on April 8, 1992 (JST=UTC+9h) and
the satellite was in good condition.

A command to extend the SAR antenna's wings had been sent at 09:50 this morning
right before the wings' extention was confirmed from NASDA's Katsuura Tracking
and Data Aquisition Station (KTDS) located in Chiba Prefecture.

A command of off-nadia inclination in order to install the antenna at the
observable angle will be sent around 10:00 on April 9, 1992 (JST), since the
wing extention was confirmed.

JERS-1 is a joint project between NASDA and the Ministry of International Trade
and Industry (MITI) of Japan, and launched by the H-I launch vehicle on February
11, 1992, from NASDA's Tanegashima Space Center.
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