24 Jan, 2011
"KOUNOTORI 2" Successfully Launched
In the Tanegashima Space Center at 14:37 on January 22, 2011 (Saturday), the “KOUNOTORI 2” or the HTV2, a cargo transporter to the ISS was successfully transported by H-ⅡB launch vehicle No.2. The “Picture Compressor Equipment” (PCE) Meisei Electric was in charge of is installed on it. This PCE converts and compresses the analog image signal from the camera of the 4 systems at the maximum into the digital image signal, and has a function to transmit the compressed image to the transmitter.
Meisei Electric was also in charge of weather sonde observation to watch the weather condition of the space center sky prior to the launch of the H-Ⅱ rocket.
For the appropriate control of the H-Ⅱ rocket the instruments manufactured by Meisei Electric are playing important roles.
