Official issues: programme of the 29th meeting, agenda, programmes and agendas of the Working Groups, lists of participants, agenda and participants of the ESA/JAXA Task force, reports of Working Groups: General Affairs, Earth Observation, Telecommunications, Space Science, Mission Operations, Components, Software and Simulation.
ESA’s presentations: "ESA – Industrial policy and cooperation with industry"; "ESA-JAXA cooperation in advanced studies"; "The European space exploration programme: current status of ESA’s plans for Moon and Mars exploration"; "Proposal for an education policy at ESA"; 14th UN/IAF workshop in Vancouver; "ESA-Japan meeting organisation mission model"; "ESA/JAXA cross support"; "The ASTRO-F mission support"; "Ka-band inter-satellite communication test between DRTS and ENVISAT"; ESA/JAXA personnel exchange 2004.
Japanese presentations: "Space policy in Japan" by MEXT; "Policy and strategic plans for space industry in Japan" by METI; "JAXA’s role in supporting commercial space activities"; "OICETS status" by JAXA; "Space demonstration plan using small satellites - SmartSat Project" by NICT; "Status report of Quasi-Zenith Satellite system" by NICT; "Status of HIAPEX" by JAXA; "Basic strategy for the space development and utilisation in Japan" by Space Communications Policy Division.
The file also contains correspondence.
Relevant subjects discussed during the meeting: international cooperation regarding space exploration; international conference on space cooperation (February 2005); EO activities and plans; ALOS status; EarthCARE activities; GEOSS; GOSAT; world summit for sustainable development; ISAS missions overview; status of ESA-ISAS collaborative missions; DRTS-Envisat IOL demonstration; SLE implementation; ESA Kiruna station support to ASTRO-F; ECSS; FPGA situation.

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