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Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite
Names	OICETS, Kirari
Mission type	Technology demonstration
Operator	JAXA
COSPAR ID	2005-031A
SATCAT no.	28809
Website	global.jaxa.jp/projects/sat/oicets/index.html
Mission duration	Planned: 1 year ; Final: 4 years, 1 month
Spacecraft properties
Manufacturer	Toshiba
Launch mass	570 kg (1,260 lb)
Dimensions	0.78 × 1.1 × 1.5 m (2.6 × 3.6 × 4.9 ft)
Start of mission
Launch date	23 August 2005, 21:10 UTC
Rocket	Dnepr
Launch site	Baikonur Pad 109/95
Contractor	ISC Kosmotras
End of mission
Disposal	Decommissioned
Deactivated	24 September 2009, 05:48 UTC
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Low Earth
Eccentricity	0.00107
Perigee altitude	597 km (371 mi)
Apogee altitude	612 km (380 mi)
Inclination	97.8°
Period	96.8 minutes
Epoch	23 August 2005, 17:10:00 UTC
LUCE
Instruments
LUCE	Laser-Utilizing Communications Equipment
MVE	Micro Vibration Equipment

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The Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS), also called Kirari, was an experimental satellite launched by JAXA to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means. OICETS was originally slated for a launch on the second J-I launcher. Due to problems with that launcher, the launch had to be put on hold. Using the H-IIA was out of question: it would have been overkill to use the H-IIA to send a 570 kilograms (1,260 lb) satellite into low Earth orbit, and there was no budget for another H-IIA launch. Finally, in order to be able to perform the tests during the lifetime of the European Artemis satellite (since 2014, sold to Avanti Communications to exploit its Ka, S, and L-band payloads), OICETS was successfully launched on a Russian-Ukrainian Dnepr rocket.

The satellite was decommissioned and its mission terminated on 24 September 2009 at 05:48 UTC.^[3]

Achievements

On 9 December 2005, JAXA succeeded in establishing optical links between OICETS and Artemis.
During March 2006, a successful link between OICETS and a ground station in Japan was established. This was the first optical links connection between a fixed ground station and an LEO satellite.
On 7 June 2006, JAXA established a communication link between OICETS and a mobile ground station operated by the German Aerospace Center (DLR).

Notes

^ ^a ^b "OICETS - Trajectory Details". National Space Science Data Center. NASA. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Kirari". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Kirari: Signals stopped; successful operation ends". JAXA. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

External links

OICETS website at JAXA.jp

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[nssdc-orbit-1] "OICETS - Trajectory Details". National Space Science Data Center. NASA. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[astronautix-2] "Kirari". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 21 December 2016. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

[jaxa20090924-3] "Kirari: Signals stopped; successful operation ends". JAXA. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2017.

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+| launch_rocket         = [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]]<ref name="astronautix">{{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.astronautix.com/k/kirari.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161221095254/http://www.astronautix.com/k/kirari.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 December 2016 |title=Kirari |encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Astronautica |access-date=7 January 2017}}</ref>
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-The '''Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite''' ('''OICETS'''), also called '''''Kirari''''', is an experimental satellite launched by [[JAXA]] to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means. OICETS was originally slated for a launch on the second [[J-I]] launcher. Due to problems with this launcher, the launch had to be put on hold. Using the [[H-IIA]] was out of question: it would be overkill to use this model to send a {{convert|570|kg|lb}} satellite into [[low Earth orbit]], and there was no budget for another H-IIA launch. Finally, in order to be able to perform the tests during the lifetime of the European [[Artemis (satellite)|Artemis]] satellite, OICETS was successfully launched on a [[Dnepr (rocket)|Dnepr]] rocket.
+The '''Optical Inter-orbit Communications Engineering Test Satellite''' ('''OICETS'''), also called '''''Kirari''''', was an experimental satellite launched by [[JAXA]] to demonstrate interorbital communication between satellites through optical (laser) means. OICETS was originally slated for a launch on the second [[J-I]] launcher. Due to problems with that launcher, the launch had to be put on hold. Using the [[H-IIA]] was out of question: it would have been overkill to use the H-IIA to send a {{convert|570|kg|lb}} satellite into [[low Earth orbit]], and there was no budget for another H-IIA launch. Finally, in order to be able to perform the tests during the lifetime of the European [[Artemis (satellite)|Artemis]] satellite (since 2014, sold to [[Avanti Communications]] to exploit its Ka, S, and L-band payloads), OICETS was successfully launched on a Russian-Ukrainian [[Dnepr rocket]].
 The satellite was decommissioned and its mission terminated on 24 September 2009 at 05:48&nbsp;UTC.<ref name="jaxa20090924" />
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v t e ← 2004 Orbital launches in 2005 2006 →
January	Deep Impact Kosmos 2414, Universitetsky-Tatyana
February	AMC-12 USA-181 XTAR-EUR, Maqsat-B2 (Sloshsat-FLEVO) Himawari 6 Progress M-52 (TNS-0)
March	XM-3 Inmarsat-4 F1 Ekspress AM-2
April	USA-165 Apstar 6 Soyuz TMA-6 DART Spaceway 1 USA-182
May	Cartosat-1, HAMSAT NOAA-18 DirecTV-8 Foton-M No.2
June	Progress-M 53 Molniya-3K No.12 Cosmos 1 Intelsat Americas 8 Ekspress AM-3
July	Shijian 7 Suzaku STS-114 (Raffaello MPLM)
August	FSW-4 2 Thaicom 4 MRO Kirari, Reimei Monitor-E FSW-3 3
September	Kosmos 2415 Progress-M 54 (RadioSkaf) Anik F1R USA-183 USA-185
October	Soyuz TMA-7 CryoSat Shenzhou 6 Syracuse 3A, Galaxy 15 USA-186 Beijing-1, TopSat, Sina-1, SSETI Express (CubeSat Xi-V, UWE-1, nCUBE-2), Mozhaets-5, Rubin-5
November	Inmarsat-4 F2 Venus Express Spaceway-2, Telkom-2
December	Progress-M 55 Gonets-M No.1, Kosmos 2416 Meteosat 9, INSAT-4A Kosmos 2417, Kosmos 2418, Kosmos 2419 GIOVE-A AMC-23
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