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The Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) hereby announces that it confirmed reception of the signals from Exploration of energization and Radiation in Geospace (ERG).
ERG aboard the second Epsilon Launch Vehicle, launched from the Uchinoura Space Center at 8:00 p.m. on December 20, 2016 (JST).
The signals were received in the Santiago Ground Station, the Republic of Chile at 8:37 p.m. (JST). ERG's solar array paddles have been deployed as planned.
Also, ERG has completed the attitude control based on the sun acquisition. JAXA has nicknamed ERG "ARASE".