Launch vehicle
Dnepr 1
- Recorded launches
- 22
- First flight
- 1999-04-21
Historical mission record
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Mission status
Launch Successful
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LAUNCH SITEBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission
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.
- Launch vehicle
- Dnepr 1
- Mission type
- Communications
- Destination orbit
- Low Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- 109/95
- Provider
- ISC Kosmotras
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Launch site & orbit
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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