Japan Aerospace Exploration AgencyH-IIA 2024Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
Kizuna
Launched
February 23, 2008
Image: JAXA
Summary
Kizuna launched on a Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency H-IIA 2024 from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan on February 23, 2008. It was Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 24th launch, 1st this year and humanity's 4,892nd orbital launch attempt. It was the 7th H-IIA 2024 flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). Kizuna, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 281 × 35,814 km orbit inclined 28.5°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 7th H-IIA 2024 flight · 1st this yearJapan Aerospace Exploration Agency's 24th launch1st this yearhumanity's 4,892nd orbital launch attempt7th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
Kizuna · NORAD 32500 · 2008-007 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- OBJECT A
- Object ID
- 2008-007A
- Epoch
- 2008-02-23 14:42:39 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.27527321 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.727592
- Inclination
- 28.4985°
- Ascending node
- 321.6379°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.3798°
- Mean anomaly
- 182.7989°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0046837
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- Kizuna · NORAD 32500 · in orbit
H-2A F14 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
WINDS, also called Kizuna, is currently under joint development by JAXA and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, as part of the e-Japan Priority Policy Program of the Japanese government's IT strategy headquarters. WINDS was launched by an H-IIA Launch Vehicle in 2008 to establish the world's most advanced information and telecommunications network. It is expected that this information and telecommunications network's speed and capacity will be much higher than anything achieved previously. The WINDS satellite communication system aims for a maximum speed of 155 Mbps (receiving) / 6 Mbps (transmitting) for households with 45-centimeter aperture antennas (the same size as existing Communications Satellite antennas), and ultra-fast 1.2 Gbps transmission for offices with five-meter antennas.
Pad
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
21st launch from Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, 1st this year · 45th from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
57 launches from this pad · 99 from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan
162 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Kizuna launch?
Kizuna launched on February 23, 2008. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Kizuna?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched Kizuna?
H-IIA 2024, flown by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency. H-IIA 2024 spec sheet
Where did Kizuna launch from?
Yoshinobu Launch Complex LP-1, Tanegashima Space Center, Japan.
What orbit did Kizuna reach?
Kizuna, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 281 × 35,814 km orbit inclined 28.5°.
How many satellites did Kizuna launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).