The second scientific workshop presented by the 20th URSI-C in Japan †1. Convener: Dr. Akihito Kato, the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT) 2. Date/time: 13:00-17:20, 11-May-2007 3. Venue: Kashima Space Research Center, NICT, Kashima, Japan 4. Registration fee: Free 5. Listed attendees: 32 persons 6. Local arrangement: Dr. Toshihiro Kubooka, NICT 7. Session title: "Satellite Mobile Communications and Radio Waves ETS-8 ” 8. Presentation: 60 min including Q&A for each speaker
9. Reception and Lamp Session 10. The steering committee meeting took place from 8:30 to 10:00 on 12-May-2007 11. Concluding Remarks A summary, experiment contents and the on-board experimental facilities are shown about Engineering Test Satellite 8 (ETS-8) launched in last December. In addition, the invited talk from Dr. Iida, Director of JAXA was very useful. He mentioned the use of web2.0 in the Mars existence person community as a paradigm shift of the space development while reviewing the history. In lamp session, an active argument was developed about the ideal methods of the future space communication study. |