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ETS-7
Credit - NASDA

Class: Technology. Type: Rendezvous. Destination: Medium Earth Orbit. Nation: Japan. Agency: National Space Development Agency, Japan. Manufacturer: Toshiba.

Technology satellite, to accomplish remote automatic rendezvous and docking.

Typical orbit: 545 km x 548 km at 35 degrees inclination. Associated Launch Vehicle: H-2.

ETS-7 Chronology

1997 November 27 - Hikoboshi - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Perigee: 545 km (338 mi). Apogee: 548 km (340 mi). Inclination: 35.00 deg. Period: 95.50 min.
The Orihime and Hikoboshi satellites undocked and redocked on July 7 1998 in the FP-1 test of automated docking systems. Despite claims of the NASDA space agency that this is a first, automated Russian craft have docked on many occasions since the Kosmos-186/188 docking in 1968.

Bibliography:

McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Report (Internet Newsletter), Harvard University, Weekly, 1989 to Present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.

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