Satellite News

Just another satellite weblog

«
»

Shizuku (GCOM-W1) inserted into A-Train orbit

Submit on Monday, July 2nd, 2012 22:58

JAXA confirmed that the Global Change Observation Mission 1st – Water “Shizuku” (GCOM-W1) was inserted into a planned position on the A-Train orbit as a result of orbit control performed on 29 June 2012. The satellite was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center on 17 May 2012 (UTC).

Related posts:

  1. Hayabusa first spacecraft to return asteroid samples to Earth
  2. NASA announces additional Commercial Crew Development milestones
  3. Iran completes Sharif microsatellite
  4. Orbital ATK successfully completes OA-4 cargo delivery mission

This entry was posted on Monday, July 2nd, 2012 at 10:58 pm and is filed under SATELLITES. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

Leave a Reply

You must be logged in to post a comment.

«
»
Satellite News
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.