Japanese satellites survived deadly quake in clean rooms [Spaceflight Now]

"There is no damage to the GCOM-W1 spacecraft and the other flight hardware even after the quake," Miwada told Spaceflight Now. "But the Tsukuba people may need several weeks or months to repair the building and recover the clean (room) for testing."

Miwada added some of the GCOM-W1 satellite's testing will have to be rescheduled. What affect the quake will have on the mission's scheduled launch in November remains unclear.

The Mitsubishi Electric Corp. ST-2 communications satellite also survived the March 11 quake unscathed, according to the spacecraft's prime contractor. The craft was preparing to be shipped to the Ariane 5 rocket launch site in South America from a Mitsubishi factory in Kamakura southwest of Tokyo.

震災の被害を受けた筑波宇宙センターで試験中の宇宙機に損害は無かったそうですが、クリーンルームが損傷したためこの復旧に1か月ほどかかる見通しで、打ち上げスケジュールに影響が出るかも知れないようです。また神奈川の三菱電機の工場で台湾への出荷待ちだったST-2も無事だったようです。