CEOS NEWSLETTER NO.7

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CONTENTS
CEOS Holds Meeting on Integrated Global Observing Strategy
Report from the Second CEOS WGISS Meeting
WIGSS Subgroups Meet in Japan
News of The Working Group on Calibration and Validation
10th CEOS Plenary Advisory Note 1, April 1996
CEOS EO mission/instruments capabilities and user requirements: the database goes on-line
Windows-based Metadata Generator for CEOS IDN now available - DIFENT
Launch of ADEOS/H-II Launch Vehicle Flight No.4/News Highlight/Meeting Calendar---This page

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Launch of ADEOS/H-II Launch Vehicle Flight No.4

The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) launched the fourth H-II Launch Vehicle (H-II-4F) from Tanegashima Space Center with the Advanced Earth Observation Satellite (ADEOS) and Japan Amateur Satellite-2 (JAS-2) on board at 10:53 AM on August 17, 1996 (JST) at a launch azimuth of 115 degrees.
NASDA confirmed that ADEOS was inserted into the following planned orbit:
Apogee 830.8km
Perigee 800.5km
Orbit Inclination 98.6degrees
Period 101.2minutes
The commands to deploy the NSCAT antenna and the Inter Orbital Communication Subsystem (IOCS) antenna were transmitted from NASDA tracking and data acquisition stations on the 7th, 8th, 15th, and 21st revolutions.The antennas were successfully deployed as confirmed by telemetry data.
NASDA placed the satellite into its final orbit and continues checking bus system functions and mission instruments for 90 days.
NASDA would like to take this opportunity to express its sincere gratitude to all those who supported this successful launch.

ADEOS Launch information is now available on NASDA WWW server:
http://www.nasda.go.jp

News Highlight

The WGISS has established a Data Purge Albert Bulletin Board service on the Internet to facilitate the rescue of potentially valuable environmental data planned to be purged by data archivers.
This advertising service, maintained by ESA, can be accessed through the CEOS Information System Home Page (URL=http://ceos.esrin.esa.it/Cceosinfo) by first clicking on "About CEOS", and then "Data Purge Albert Bulletin Board". CEOS participating agencies and other data archivers who intend to purge environmental data may advertise their intent on the bulletin board. Agencies interested in rescuing these data can read purge messages on the bulletin board, or they can subscribe to the service and be automatically informed of intended purges through their electronic mail systems.

Contributions for future issues of the CEOS Newsletter from the 
CEOS Members, Observers and Affiliates, and subscriptions to the CEOS Newsletter,


please contact:
        CEOS Japan Secretariat
        or Ms.Kazuko Misawa at
                ceosj@ipx.tksc.nasda.go.jp
                misawa@rd.tksc.nasda.go.jp

Meeting Calendar

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