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1. The Lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) launched
successfully, Japan, September 14
2. The 4th Sentinel Asia Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM4),
Philippines, September 5 - 7
3. INSAT-4CR, a communications satellite successfully launched
in India, September 2
4. AOGS (Asia Oceania Geoscience Society) 2007, 4th Annual
Meeting Thailand, July 30 - August 4
5. South Korea picks its first astronaut
6. [[Event Information and APRSAF Website Updates - September
- October 2007]]
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1. The Lunar explorer "KAGUYA" (SELENE) launched successfully, Japan, September 14
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The Japanese Lunar Exploration Satellite named "KAGUYA" was
successfully launched by H-IIA rocket from the Tanegashima
Space Center, South of Japan, on September 14, 2007.
The launch vehicle flew smoothly, and, at about 45 minutes
after liftoff, the separation of the KAGUYA was confirmed.
It is the lunar probe with the highest performance efficiency
since the Apollo program. It will try to draw closer to
the core, where the mystery of the origin and evolution
of the Moon lies and which the Apollo program could not
resolve with its 14 state-of-the-art observation instruments.
For more details, visit JAXA HP: http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f13/topics/pdf/0917_1000_va1_e.pdf
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2. The 4th Sentinel Asia Joint Project Team Meeting
(JPTM4), Philippines, September 5 - 7
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The fourth Sentinel-Asia Joint Project Team Meeting (JPTM4)
for establishing the Disaster Management Support System
in the Asia-Pacific region was held in Manila, the Philippines
from September 5 to 7, 2007 attended by more than 80 participants
representing 50 organizations from 17 countries and 5 international
organizations from Asia and the Pacific.
The achievements of the STEP-1 targeting for 2006-2007
were reported as well as the next step was discussed, which
will be reported to the 14th Asia-Pacific Regional Space
Agency Forum which will be held in Bangalore, India from
November 21 to 23 2007.
At the Meeting, organizations of 5 from Philippines and
2 from Bhutan were newly approved as new Joint Project
Team Members.
Interviews with the meeting participants will soon be
posted on APRSAF HP: http://www.aprsaf.org/interview/interviews.html
For more details, visit APRSAF HP:
http://www.aprsaf.org/text/wg_meeting_philippines.html
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3. INSAT-4CR, a communications satellite successfully
launched in India, September 2
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According to Dr. S. Satish, Director of the Publications & Public
Relations of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),
India's Geo-synchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV-F04)
successfully launched the INSAT-4CR satellite on September
2, 2007 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR, in Sriharikota.
GSLV-F04 placed the satellite into a geo-synchronous transfer
orbit (GTO).
INSAT-4CR will be co-located with other satellites; INSAT-3C
(communication satellite, 2002), KALPANA-1 (meteorological
satellite, 2002) and EDUSAT (Education Satellite, 2004).
INSAT-4CR is the third satellite in the INSAT-4 series.
It carries 12 high-power Ku-band transponders designed
to provide direct-to-home (DTH) television services, Video
Picture Transmission (VPT) and Digital Satellite News Gathering
(DSNG).
ISRO Website:
http://www.isro.org/pressrelease/Sep02_2007.htm
Full text of the article is available at APRSAF Hot Topics:
http://www.aprsaf.org/feature/feature_21.html
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4. AOGS (Asia Oceania Geoscience Society) 2007, 4th
Annual Meeting Thailand, July 30 - August 4
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The fourth annual meeting of the Asia Oceania Geoscience
Society 2007 was held from July 30 to August 4, 2007, in
Bangkok, Thailand, together with 1,183 participants from
53 countries and regions.
The meeting was comprised of seven keynote sessions named
the Solid Earth (SE), Solar Terrestrial (ST), Hydrological
Science (HS), Atmospheric Science (AS), Ocean Science (OS),
Planetary Science (PS), and Interdisciplinary Working Groups
(IWG).
Dr. Yoshifumi Saito, Secretary General of AOGS, and of
JAXA, gave his impressions: "The AOGS annual meeting
provides a good opportunity for countries in the Asia-Oceania
region to develop a plan for future international joint
geoscience projects as well as provide a new chance to
have scientific discussions in Asia-Oceania. I hope more
and more geoscience researchers in the Asia-Oceania region
will utilize the AOGS in the years to come."
AOGS 2007 Website:
http://www.asiaoceania.org/aogs2007/index.html
Full text of the article will soon be posted on APRSAF
Hot Topics: http://www.aprsaf.org/feature/feature_22.html
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5. South Korea picks its first astronaut
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According to the Policy Studies & International Relations
Division of the Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI),
on September 5, 2007, South Korea selected Mr. Ko San,
a 30-year-old computer vision engineer at KARI, as its
first astronaut.
He will go into the International Space Station on a Russian
spacecraft, Soyuz, in April 2008 and spend 7 or 8 days
on the space station orbiting the Earth.
The source of this article is "Korea Net" (September
5, 2007):
http://www.korea.net/news/news/newsView.asp?serial_no=20070905013&part=107&SearchDay=&page=1
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6. [[Event Information and APRSAF Website Updates -
September - October 2007]]
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*September 21-24, 2007
The Fourth International Conference on Asian and Pacific
Coasts (APAC2007)
Nanjing, China
http://www.apac2007.com/
*October 16-18, 2007
The Future of Forests in Asia and the Pacific: Outlook
for 2020
Chiang Mai, Thailand
http://www.fao.org/forestry/site/39701/en
*October 16-19, 2007
3rd International Yellow River Forum (IYRF)
Dongying City, China
http://forum.yellowriver.cn/
*October 18-23, 2007
3rd Ministerial Conference on Space Applications for
Sustainable Development in Asia and the Pacific
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
http://www.unescap.org/icstd/SPACE/3MC/3MC_index.asp
*October 22-24, 2007
4th International Conference on Agriculture Statistics
(ICAS-4)
Beijing, China
http://www.stats.gov.cn/english/icas/
*Octorber 29-30, 2007
13th CEReS International Symposium on Remote Sensing
Chiba City, Japan
http://www2.cr.chiba-u.jp/symp2007/
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