Start Date
4-1978 8:00 AM
Description
The National Space Development Agency of Japan, NASDA, was established on October 1, 1969, under the NASDA Law as the nucleus of the nation's space development effort in order to promote space development and utilization for peaceful purposes. NASDA, in a sense, is the equibalent of NASA in the United States, or ESA ( European Space Agency ) in Europe. In accordance with the basic program for space development decided by the Prime Minister, NASDA is undertaking (1) the development, launching and tracking of satellites and satellite launch vehicles and (2) the development and consolidation of software, equipment and facilities needed for launching and tracking. So far, NASDA has succeeded in launching four satellites by means of its N Launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, three of them into 1,000 km circular orbit and one into geosynchronous orbit. NASDA succeeded also in the insertion of three satellites into geosynchronous orbits at their projected positions after having been launched by US NASA's Delta 2914 from ETR under the reimbursable launch contract. NASDA activities in general will be overviewed in this report.
NASDA Space Program In Japan
The National Space Development Agency of Japan, NASDA, was established on October 1, 1969, under the NASDA Law as the nucleus of the nation's space development effort in order to promote space development and utilization for peaceful purposes. NASDA, in a sense, is the equibalent of NASA in the United States, or ESA ( European Space Agency ) in Europe. In accordance with the basic program for space development decided by the Prime Minister, NASDA is undertaking (1) the development, launching and tracking of satellites and satellite launch vehicles and (2) the development and consolidation of software, equipment and facilities needed for launching and tracking. So far, NASDA has succeeded in launching four satellites by means of its N Launch vehicle from the Tanegashima Space Center, three of them into 1,000 km circular orbit and one into geosynchronous orbit. NASDA succeeded also in the insertion of three satellites into geosynchronous orbits at their projected positions after having been launched by US NASA's Delta 2914 from ETR under the reimbursable launch contract. NASDA activities in general will be overviewed in this report.
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Space Transportation Today
Session Chairman: Philip E. Culbertson, Deputy Associate Administrator, for Space Transportation Systems (Technical), NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC
Session Organizer: James Perris, Sciences, Technology and Applications Office, NASA, Kennedy Space Center, Florida