WINDS

Also known as Kizuna

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

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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.