|
 The
Large Deployable Reflector Experiment (LDREX) was built by Toshiba
for National Space Development Agency (NASDA). NASDA is testing a
half-scale version of a new type of very large unfolding satellite
antenna. The antenna design is scheduled to be used on the
agency's Engineering Test Satellite (ETS-8) targeted for launch in
2003.
LDREX
Large
Deployable
Reflector
Experiment
|
|
SATELLITE
|
| Int'l Designation |
2000
081C
|
launched
|
| Owner / Sponsor |
Toshiba
|
| Mission |
Engineering
Demonstration
|
| Launch Mass |
|
| Dimensions, stowed |
|
| Mission Orbit |
GTO
|
|
| Transponders |
|
| Design Life |
20
minutes
|
| Power (EOL) |
|
|
LAUNCH
|
| Launch Vehicle
Model |
Ariane
5 |
| Date / Time (UTC) |
2000
December 20
|
00:26
|
| Co-passenger(s) |
Astra
2D |
| |
GE
8 |
|
FINANCIAL
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| Satellite cost |
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