Launch of OICETS and INDEX

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reported to the Space Activities Commission (SAC) about the launch of the Optical Inter-orbit Communication Engineering Test Satellite (OICETS) and the piggyback satellite INDEX. SAC consequently accepted the planned itinerary.

Scheduled Launch Date: August 24 (Wednesday), 2005 Dates and times are all Japan Standard Time

Launch Window:
Between August 25 (Thursday) and November 1 (Tuesday), 2005
Scheduled Launch Time: 6:10 a.m.
Launch Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Republic of Kazakhstan)
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr Launch Vehicle

More Information;

http://www.jaxa.jp/press/2005/07/20050727_oicets_index_e.html