LDREX-2

Launch data: Designation  29496 / 06043C Launch date  13 Oct 2006 - 21:56 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5 ECA (V-173) Mission  Technology Earth orbit: Perigee / Apogee  263 x 35574 km Inclination  7.0° Period  628.2 min

Spacecraft data: Prime contractor   Operator   Platform   Mass at launch   kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Solar array   Stabilization   DC power

Decay:

Description:

• The Japanese Space Agency′s LDREX-2, is a 1/25th scale version of an antenna that will be used on the ETS-8 engineering test satellite (scheduled for a launch in Mar 2007)

Mission details:

• LDREX 2 is a Japanese (JAXA) technology demonstration craft that was launched by an Ariane-5 ECA rocket from Kourou at 21:56 UT on 13 October 2006. It was to deploy a light-weight radio antenna reflector. No information is available on the success of the deployment.

Astrophilately covers:

Launch cancel Kourou.

Headquarter cancel Paris.