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 May 16 2006, 02:20 PM
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Mount Merapi (Java, Indonesia) Observed
by the Advanced Land Observing Satellite "Daichi" (Report #2) May 16, 2006 (JST) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) On May 16, 2006, (Japan Standard Time, all times and dates in this report are Japan Standard Time), the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) observed Mount Merapi, Java, in the Republic of Indonesia (a 2,968 meter high volcano,) which had been showing signs of volcanic activity, by using two onboard sensors of the Advanced Land Observing Satellite "Daichi", the Advanced Visible and Near Infrared Radiometer type 2 (AVNIR-2) and the Phased Array type L-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (PALSAR). Acquired image data was then provided to the International Charter "Space and Major Disaster" *1 and the National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN) *2. The observation this time was the second observation of Mount Merapi following the first one on April 29. The image data is attached below. *1: The International Charter "Space and Major Disaster": please refer to the reference bellow. *2: The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space of Indonesia (LAPAN): please refer to the reference below. Attachement-1:Figure 1 http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/05/20060516_daichi_e.html#at01 Attachement-2:Figure 2 http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/05/20060516_daichi_e.html#at02 Reference: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/05/20060516_daichi_e.html#at03 This page URL: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/05/20060516_daichi_e.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Publisher : Public Affairs Department Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building, 1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260 Japan TEL:+81-3-6266-6400 JAXA WEB SITE : http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 17 2006, 11:34 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
ESA has for the first time acquired and processed images sent by ALOS – Japan's
four-tonne satellite dedicated to land-based Earth Observation – including views of Italy, The Netherlands and Norway. Full story at: http://www.esa.int/esaEO/SEMOK69ATME_planet_0.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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May 22 2006, 02:54 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
The image detail over that of IRAS is quite impressive.
AKARI, the new Japanese infrared sky surveyor mission in which ESA is participating, saw ‘first light’ on 13 April 2006 (UT) and delivered its first images of the cosmos. The images were taken towards the end of a successful checkout of the spacecraft in orbit. Full story: http://www.esa.int/esaSC/SEM8NF9ATME_index_0.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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Jun 5 2006, 02:58 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 2454 Joined: 8-July 05 From: NGC 5907 Member No.: 430 |
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Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Signing a Memorandum of Understanding for Loading JAXA Space Environment Measurement Equipment on the Jason-2 Satellite of CNES June 5, 2006 (JST) Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the French Space Agency (CNES, Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales) for loading JAXA space environment measurement equipment on the Jason-2 satellite of the CNES. The signing ceremony took place in Kanazawa, where the 25th International Symposium of Space Technology and Science (ISTS) is being held. JAXA President Keiji Tachikawa and CNES President Yannick D'escatha were at the ceremony starting from 2:30 p.m., Japan Standard Time, today. The main items agreed to are as follows: 1. JAXA is in charge of developing a Light Particle Telescope (LPT), space environment equipment, and handing it over to CNES at the end of Nov. 2006, and processing the data. 2. CNES is in charge of developing the Jason-2 satellite and other onboard equipment for CNES mission, and operating the satellite. 3. The launch of the Jason-2 is scheduled to be performed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in mid 2008. Reference 1: Jason-2 http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/06/20060605_...n-2_e.html#at01 Reference 2: JAXA space environment measurement equipment http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/06/20060605_...n-2_e.html#at02 Related information (background): Report of the Space Activities Commission (SAC) on Oct. 12, 2005 "Loading JAXA environment measurement equipment on the CNES/Jason-2 satellite" (Japanese only) http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/10/20051012_sac_jason-2_j.html This page URL: http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2006/06/20060605_jason-2_e.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- Publisher : Public Affairs Department Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) Marunouchi Kitaguchi Building, 1-6-5, Marunouchi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8260 Japan TEL:+81-3-6266-6400 JAXA WEB SITE : http://www.jaxa.jp/index_e.html -------------------- "After having some business dealings with men, I am occasionally chagrined,
and feel as if I had done some wrong, and it is hard to forget the ugly circumstance. I see that such intercourse long continued would make one thoroughly prosaic, hard, and coarse. But the longest intercourse with Nature, though in her rudest moods, does not thus harden and make coarse. A hard, sensible man whom we liken to a rock is indeed much harder than a rock. From hard, coarse, insensible men with whom I have no sympathy, I go to commune with the rocks, whose hearts are comparatively soft." - Henry David Thoreau, November 15, 1853 |
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