Kizuna
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Japanese communications satellite.
WINDS, the Wide-band Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite, was designed to demonstrate delivery of high bandwidth Ka-band Internet service to remote areas of Japan and Southeast Asia from geostationary orbit at 143 deg E. Users with a small 45 cm in diameter antenna could receive data at up to 155 Mbps and transmit data at up to 6 Mbps.
Related
- Family
- Communications
- Country
- Japan
- Launch Vehicles
- H-II, H-IIA 2024
- Launch Sites
- Tanegashima
- Agency
- JAXA
Chronology
1 event
2008 February 23
08:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-IIA 2024.- Kizuna - .
Payload: WINDS. Mass: 2,700 kg (5,900 lb). Nation: Japan.
Agency: Mitsubishi.
Class: Communications.
Type: Military communications satellite. Spacecraft: Kizuna.
USAF Sat Cat: 32500 . COSPAR: 2008-007A. Apogee: 35,799 km (22,244 mi). Perigee: 35,775 km (22,229 mi). Inclination: 0.00 deg. Period: 1,436.10 min.
WINDS, the Wide-band Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite, was designed to demonstrate delivery of high bandwidth Ka-band Internet service to remote areas of Japan and Southeast Asia from geostationary orbit at 143 deg E. Users with a small 45 cm in diameter antenna could receive data at up to 155 Mbps and transmit data at up to 6 Mbps.