Communications Research Laboratory / Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation / Posts and Telecommunications / National Aerospace Laboratory / Advanced Space Communications Research Laboratory / /
Country
Japan / United Arab Emirates / Indonesia / United States / /
Event
Business Partnership / FDA Phase / /
Facility
JAXA’s Tukuba Space Center / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science / National Institute / Advanced Space Communications Research Laboratory / National Aerospace Laboratory of Japan / JAXA Tanegashima Space Center / National Institute of Information / Institute of Space / Communications Research Laboratory / /
IndustryTerm
multi-beam technology / satellite-borne systems / satellite-based small-terminal mobile phone system / space communications/broadcasting systems / satellite-based cell-phone systems / mobile communications / beam-forming network / multi-beam satellite communications system / time standard/comparison equipment / satellite bus / geostationary satellite bus / fundamental technology / mobile satellite communications/broadcasting systems / fundamental technologies / proposed spread-spectrum technology standard / satellite sound broadcasting band / highprecision time comparison system enabling novel applications / ultra-high speed Internet satellite / fundamental satellite positioning technologies / onboard systems / satellite communication / communication services / following new technologies / large satellite bus / communications system / mobile satellite handheld phone services / frequency mobile satellite digital sound broadcasting / satellite development organizations / onboard mission systems / satellite performance / large geostationary satellite bus / high-speed data communications / mobile satellite communication service / satellite bus technology / satellite development project / voice and data communications / digital sound broadcasting services / satellite positioning / communications performance / satellite development initiative / wireless station / mobile satellite communication systems / integrated mobile satellite communication system / geostationary satellite / voice communications / large satellite / satellite broadcasting / satellite-borne deployable reflector / mobile communications technology / Wireless Communications Division Satellite Communication Engineering YOSHIMOTO Shigetoshi / basic mobile satellite communications / satellite project / onboard satellite deployment / satellite communications / satellite body / satellite development / automobile satellite telephone services / satellite system / mobile satellite communications/broadcasting system using compact ground stations / signal switching equipment / converter equipment / mobile communication applications / overall space infrastructure / satellite-based positioning system / mobile satellite communications / required technology / satellite communication applications / mobile satellite communications system / large-scale geostationary satellite bus / satellite voice communications / satellite positioning systems / mobile satellite communications/broadcasting system / precise ground-satellite time comparison / basic mobile satellite communication / satellite propagation path / mobile satellite communications technology / satellite integration / multifunctional transport satellite / mission systems / /
MusicAlbum
Culture / Technology / Sports / Science / /
MusicGroup
Sound / Mobile / Satellite / /
Organization
Ministry of Post and Telecommunications / National Institute of Information / Public Relations Office / Strategic Planning Division / Space Activity Committee / Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications / Ministry of Home Affairs / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency / Science and Technology Agency / Promotion Board for Satellite Application Experiments / Promotion Board / Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / European Union / Ministry of Education / JAXA’s Tukuba Space Center / National Institute / Space Communications Policy Division of the MPHPT / JAXA Tanegashima Space Center / National Space Development Agency of Japan / Management and Coordination Agency / R&D mission / Application Experiment Council / Frequency Measurements Group / Applied Research and Standards Division / Ministry of Public Management / ETS-VIII Liaison Committee / Communication mission / Ministry of Public Management / Home Affairs / Posts and Telecommunications / National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology / /
Person
Time Experimental / /
Position
present Director / Satellite Communication Engineering IMAE Michito Leader / HAMAMOTO Naokazu Research Supervisor / Wireless Communications Division Satellite Communication Engineering YOSHIMOTO Shigetoshi Head / Director / NICT Asia Research Center / /
Product
ETS-VIII / FY1998 / FY1997 / /
Technology
fundamental technologies / multi-beam technology / required technology / geostationary satellite bus The technology / satellite communications system / space communications / satellite bus technology / application technologies / Bus technology / Wireless Communications / satellite positioning systems Bus technology / mobile phone system / mobile communications technology / fundamental technology / fundamental satellite positioning technologies / ETS-VIII technologies / mobile satellite communications technology / satellite communications / /
2 Overview of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII) Project HAMAMOTO Naokazu, YOSHIMOTO Shigetoshi, and IMAE Michito The Engineering Test Satellite VIII (ETS-VIII) project started from a conceptual design for a