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The paper presents an overview of the current status of Japanese aerospace programs, including launch vehicles, satellites, university space programs, and aeronautical research and development. Following the overview, the paper describes the High Speed Flight Demonstration program, a flight experiment program using sub-scale vehicles to investigate the re-entry terminal flight phase of re-usable space vehicles. The program was conducted in two phases: a Phase I experiment at Christmas Island in 2002, and a Phase 11 experiment at Esrange, Sweden in 2003. Phase 11 is a joint program between NAL/NASDA and CNES. |
