Another Japanese "mirror ball"?

From: Ed Cannon (ecannon@mail.utexas.edu)
Date: Tue Aug 14 2001 - 01:46:02 PDT

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    According to the following summary, the upcoming H2 launch, 
set for August 25, will include one payload that it calls 
a "mirror ball" for laser ranging (another EGP/Ajisai, but 
perhaps in lower orbit?):

http://www.spaceandtech.com/spacedata/logs/2001/h2a-testsat_sumpub.shtml

On this or other sites I can't find any information about 
orbital height, inclination, etc., but the planned orbits 
for the payloads are said to be LEO.  The other payload 
will be what might be called a "dummy mass".

Ed Cannon - ecannon@mail.utexas.edu - Austin, Texas, USA

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