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Other Designations: Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite. Code Name: OICETS. Class: Communications. Nation: Japan. Agency: JAXA. Manufacturer: NEC.

Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite. Its laser communications experiment was be used in with ESA's Artemis geostationary satellite. The satellite was renamed Kirari (twinkle) after launch.

Mass: 570 kg (1,250 lb).

Kirari Chronology

2005 August 23 - Kirari - Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: LC109. Launch Vehicle: R-36M. Mass: 570 kg (1,250 lb). Perigee: 596 km (370 mi). Apogee: 614 km (381 mi). Inclination: 97.80 deg. Period: 96.80 min.
Moved from J-1A . Delayed from August 15. Optical Inter-Orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite. Its laser communications experiment was be used in with ESA's Artemis geostationary satellite. The satellite was renamed Kirari (twinkle) after launch.

Bibliography:

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

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