ISC Kosmotras launched Japan’s Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) Aug. 24. The satellite, which will test inter-orbit communications between satellites, was placed into low earth orbit via a Dnepr launch vehicle. The converted liquid-fueled SS-18 intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan and also carried a small satellite into orbit. The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, which operates the satellite, said the communications system on OICETS will be tested with the European Space Agency‘s Artemis satellite.
Japan’s OICETS Launched By Dnepr Rocket
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