Kakehashi
Spacecraft · Japan
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Japanese communications satellite. Name means 'Bridge', was called Communications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite (COMETS) before launch. It contained Ka-band communications and inter-satellite data relay payloads.
Premature shutdown 44 seconds into the H-II second stage second burn put the satellite into a much lower than planned orbit. The on-board Unified Propulsion System was used to raise it to a more useful orbit.
Related
- Family
- Communications, High earth orbit
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Vehicles
- H-II
- Launch Sites
- Tanegashima, Tanegashima Y
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Kakehashi
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Chronology
1 event
1998 February 21
07:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima Y. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-II.- Kakehashi - .
Payload: COMETS. Nation: Japan.
Agency: NASDA.
Manufacturer: NEC,
Toshiba.
Class: Communications.
Type: Civilian communications satellite. Spacecraft: Kakehashi.
USAF Sat Cat: 25175 . COSPAR: 1998-011A. Apogee: 17,727 km (11,015 mi). Perigee: 1,033 km (641 mi). Inclination: 30.10 deg. Period: 328.10 min.
Kakehashi, meaning 'Bridge', was called Communuications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite (COMETS) before launch. It contained Ka-band communications and inter-satellite data relay payloads. Premature shutdown 44 seconds into the H-II second stage second burn put the satellite into a much lower than planned orbit. The on-board Unified Propulsion System was used to raise it to a more useful orbit.