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              National Space Development Agency of Japan
                            Press Release
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December 14, 2002
National Space Development Agency of Japan

                 Launch Result of ADEOS-II/H-IIA F4

The National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA) launched the
Advanced Earth Observing Satellite-II (ADEOS-II) by H-IIA Launch
Vehicle No. 4 (H-IIA F4) at 10:31 a.m. on December 14, 2002 (Japan 
Standard Time) from the Tanegashima Space Center.  The initial azimuth 
of H-IIA F4 was 122 degrees.  H-IIA F4 flight went normally, and it 
was confirmed that ADEOS-II was successfully separated in 16 minutes 
and 31 seconds after liftoff.

The Kourou Tracking Station of the Center National d'Etudes Spatiales
(CNES) in French Guiana started receiving signals from ADEOS-II at 
11:33 a.m. and confirmed that the solar array paddle deployment
through the signals.  ADEOS-II is nicknamed 'Midori II'.

NASDA would like to express our sincere appreciation for cooperation
and support of all related people and organizations for the launch of 
H-IIA F4.

For your information, the weather at the time of launch was sunny, the 
wind was 3.7m/sec (north-east), and the temperature was 14.6 degrees 
in Celsius.

Launching Information on web site : Count Down
http://h2a.nasda.go.jp/index_e.html

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Date of Issue : December 14, 2002

Publisher : Public Relations Office
            National Space Development Agency of Japan (NASDA)
            28F World Trade Center Bldg.,
            2-4-1 Hamamatsu-cho, Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-8060
            Japan
            TEL:+81-3-3438-6111

NASDA Home Page :
http://www.nasda.go.jp/index_e.html

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