Identifier
Created
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09TOKYO348
2009-02-13 10:26:00
UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY
Embassy Tokyo
Cable title:
JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE
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UNCLAS TOKYO 000348
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR OES AND EAP/J
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TSPA TSPL PREL JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE
COLLISION
REF: STATE 12948
This Message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please Handle
Accordingly.
UNCLAS TOKYO 000348
SENSITIVE
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DEPT FOR OES AND EAP/J
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TSPA TSPL PREL JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE
COLLISION
REF: STATE 12948
This Message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please Handle
Accordingly.
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA
International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy
Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi
appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S.
Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's
desire for more information on the causes of the incident as
the investigation unfolds. He noted the large number of
pieces of debris raises concern about the possible effect on
the International Space Station (ISS),Japanese and other
satellites in orbit, and the upcoming Space Shuttle launch.
(Note: The next Space Shuttle flight, planned for February
22, will include a Japanese astronaut who will stay on the
ISS for three to four months. Japan also has a $10 billion
science laboratory permanently attached to the ISS. End
Note). Kobayashi inquired as well how long the investigation
will take and whether the Russian Cosmos satellite contained
any nuclear material that could pose a hazard.
ZUMWALT
SENSITIVE
SIPDIS
DEPT FOR OES AND EAP/J
E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: TSPA TSPL PREL JA
SUBJECT: JAPANESE FOREIGN MINISTRY COMMENTS ON SATELLITE
COLLISION
REF: STATE 12948
This Message is Sensitive But Unclassified. Please Handle
Accordingly.
1. (SBU) Econoff delivered points contained in ref to MOFA
International Science Cooperation Division Principal Deputy
Director Shigenobu Kobayashi February 13. Kobayashi
appreciated the update on the collision between the U.S.
Iridium and Russian Cosmos satellites and stressed MOFA's
desire for more information on the causes of the incident as
the investigation unfolds. He noted the large number of
pieces of debris raises concern about the possible effect on
the International Space Station (ISS),Japanese and other
satellites in orbit, and the upcoming Space Shuttle launch.
(Note: The next Space Shuttle flight, planned for February
22, will include a Japanese astronaut who will stay on the
ISS for three to four months. Japan also has a $10 billion
science laboratory permanently attached to the ISS. End
Note). Kobayashi inquired as well how long the investigation
will take and whether the Russian Cosmos satellite contained
any nuclear material that could pose a hazard.
ZUMWALT