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ETS 9

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Engineering Test Satellite, the prototype of a Mitsubishi advanced satellite bus for high-throughput communications. Built by Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) for JAXA, Japan.

More at: ETS 9 (Kiku 9).

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Japan