Another successful inter-satellite link achieved with Artemis! After a world premiere laser link with Spot 4 in November 2001 and a relay with Envisat last month, Artemis has transmitted data from the Japanese earth observation satellite Adeos II.
ESA and NASDA, the Japanese space agency, had agreed to cooperate on a data relay service between ESA's Artemis geostationary spacecraft and Nasda's Adeos II in low earth orbit, using ESA's ground station in Redu, Belgium.
In this framework, ESA and NASDA performed a series of tests from 27 to 29 March to demonstrate the system's performance and the operational links between the Adeos II team in Tsukuba, Japan, and the Artemis Mission Control Facility in Redu, Belgium.
Two types of test have been carried out
