July 30, 2008

Release of Report from Working Group on Anomaly in the Communications Mission Equipment of the ETS-VIII8 "KIKU No. 8"

Since Monday, March 19, 2007, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has held the meetings of the Working Group on Anomaly in the Communications Mission Equipment of the Engineering Test Satellite VIII8 "KIKU No. 8" (Chair: Dr. MORINAGA Norihiko, President, Hiroshima International University), which was established under the Information and Communications Technology Working Group, Information and Communications/Aerospace Exploration Subcommittee, MIC Evaluation Committee for Incorporated Administrative Agencies. The working group has investigated the cause of an anomaly in the communications (receiving) mission equipment of the ETS-VIII8 "KIKU No. 8," which was launched on December 18, 2006, and has examined and analyzed the implementation of measures to help in evaluation of the operational performance of the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology.

As the working group has compiled a report, MIC hereby releases it.

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