WINDS
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WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, also known as Kizuna) was a Japanese communication satellite. Launch was originally scheduled for 2007.
Key facts
- Spaceflight.name
- WINDS (Kizuna)
- Spaceflight.image
- H-IIA F14 launching KIZUNA.jpg
- Spaceflight.image_caption
- Launch of WINDS (Kizuna) on H-IIA Flight 14.
- Spaceflight.mission_type
- Communication
- Spaceflight.operator
- JAXA/NICT
- Spaceflight.website
- JAXA
- Spaceflight.COSPAR_ID
- 2008-007A
- Spaceflight.SATCAT
- 32500
- Spaceflight.mission_duration
- 5 years (design) Final:
- Spaceflight.spacecraft_bus
- NX-G
- Spaceflight.manufacturer
- NEC
- Spaceflight.launch_date
- UTC
- Spaceflight.launch_rocket
- H-IIA
- Spaceflight.launch_site
- Tanegashima Y1
- Spaceflight.launch_contractor
- Mitsubishi
- Spaceflight.disposal_type
- Decommissioned
- Spaceflight.deactivated
- UTC
- Spaceflight.orbit_epoch
- 00:00:00 UTC 2016-08-31
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2008-02-23
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- Launch
- Purpose
- Specs
- Decommission
- See also
- References
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WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, also known as Kizuna) was a Japanese communication satellite. Launch was originally scheduled for 2007.
== Launch == The launch date was eventually set for 15 February 2008, but a problem detected in a second stage maneuvering thruster delayed it to 23 February. Lift-off occurred at 08:55 GMT on 23 February from Tanegashima Space Center, and the satellite separated from its H-IIA carrier rocket into a Geosynchronous transfer orbit at 09:23.