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LDREX
LDREX
LDREX
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Japanese communications technology satellite. Japan's NASDA space agency sponsored the LDREX experimental antenna. Engineering Test satellite built by NEC Toshiba Space Systems for NASDA, Japan. Launched 2000 - 2006.

Status: Operational 2000. First Launch: 2000-12-20. Last Launch: 2006-10-13. Number: 2 . Gross mass: 140 kg (300 lb).

Ariane V138's EPS upper stage carried an ASAP5 small payload attachment ring with a special camera system. LDREX was a 6-m diameter antenna which was to have deployed 40 minutes after launch, to test the deployment mechanism for the larger antenna to be used on the ETS-8 satellite. After the test the antenna was to have been jettisoned. However the experiment failed and no deployment or jettison took place.


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Family: Communications technology sat, Technology. Country: Japan. Launch Vehicles: Ariane 5, Ariane 5G, Ariane 5ECA. Launch Sites: Kourou, Kourou ELA3. Agency: NASDA. Bibliography: 2, 552, 554.
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2000 December 20 - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA3. LV Family: Ariane 5. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5G.
2006 October 13 - . 20:56 GMT - . Launch Site: Kourou. Launch Complex: Kourou ELA3. LV Family: Ariane 5. Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5ECA.

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