Kagawa University
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is a national university
in Takamatsu, Kagawa
, Japan
. The university was established in 1949 as a national university after the consolidation and reorganization of the Kagawa Normal School, the Kagawa Normal School for Youth and the Takamatsu College of Economics (formerly the Takamatsu Higher School of Commerce).
Faculty of Economics http://www.ec.kagawa-u.ac.jp/
Faculty of Education http://www.ed.kagawa-u.ac.jp/~HPmaster/English-version/index-e.html
Faculty of Engineering http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/kagawa-u_eng/itwinfo/cl1000070/
Faculty of Law http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/kagawa-u_jl/lawnavi/english.html
Faculty of Medicine http://www.med.kagawa-u.ac.jp/en/
Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Engineering
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Management
Graduate School of Medicine
Kagawa-Ehime Universities' Graduate School of Law
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences
developed by the Kagawa Satellite Development Project in the Kagawa University consists of mother and daughter satellites connected by a tether. STARS was launched 23 January 2009 as a secondary payload aboard H-IIA
flight 15, which also launched GOSAT
. STARS will test tether deployment methods which might be used for tether propulsion systems.
Japanese national university
As of 2008, there were 87 , 89 public universities and 580 private universities in Japan. National universities, tend to be held in higher regard in higher education in Japan than private or public universities....
in Takamatsu, Kagawa
Takamatsu, Kagawa
is a city located in central Kagawa Prefecture on the island of Shikoku in Japan, and is the seat of the prefectural government. It is designated a core city by the Japanese Government. It is a port city located on the Seto Inland Sea, and is the closest port to Honshu from Shikoku island...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
. The university was established in 1949 as a national university after the consolidation and reorganization of the Kagawa Normal School, the Kagawa Normal School for Youth and the Takamatsu College of Economics (formerly the Takamatsu Higher School of Commerce).
Faculties
Faculty of Agriculture http://www.ag.kagawa-u.ac.jp/english/index.htmlFaculty of Economics http://www.ec.kagawa-u.ac.jp/
Faculty of Education http://www.ed.kagawa-u.ac.jp/~HPmaster/English-version/index-e.html
Faculty of Engineering http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/kagawa-u_eng/itwinfo/cl1000070/
Faculty of Law http://www.kagawa-u.ac.jp/kagawa-u_jl/lawnavi/english.html
Faculty of Medicine http://www.med.kagawa-u.ac.jp/en/
Graduate Schools
Graduate School of AgricultureGraduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Education
Graduate School of Engineering
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Management
Graduate School of Medicine
Kagawa-Ehime Universities' Graduate School of Law
United Graduate School of Agricultural Sciences
STARS spacecraft
The Space Tethered Autonomous Robotic Satellite (STARS) robotic spacecraftRobotic spacecraft
A robotic spacecraft is a spacecraft with no humans on board, that is usually under telerobotic control. A robotic spacecraft designed to make scientific research measurements is often called a space probe. Many space missions are more suited to telerobotic rather than crewed operation, due to...
developed by the Kagawa Satellite Development Project in the Kagawa University consists of mother and daughter satellites connected by a tether. STARS was launched 23 January 2009 as a secondary payload aboard H-IIA
H-IIA
H-IIA is an active expendable launch system operated by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency . The liquid-fueled H-IIA rockets have been used to launch satellites into geostationary orbit, to launch a lunar orbiting spacecraft, and to launch an interplanetary...
flight 15, which also launched GOSAT
Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite
The Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite or GOSAT, also known as , is an Earth observation satellite and the world's first satellite dedicated to greenhouse-gas-monitoring, which will be used to measure densities of carbon dioxide and methane from 56,000 locations on the Earth's atmosphere...
. STARS will test tether deployment methods which might be used for tether propulsion systems.