WINDS
Launch of WINDS (Kizuna) on H-IIA Flight 14. | |
| Mission type | Communication |
|---|---|
| Operator | JAXA/NICT |
| COSPAR ID | 2008-007A |
| SATCAT no. | 32500 |
| Website | JAXA |
| Mission duration | 5 years (design) Final: 11 years, 4 days |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Bus | NX-G |
| Manufacturer | NEC |
| Launch mass | 4,850 kilograms (10,690 lb) |
| BOL mass | 2,750 kilograms (6,060 lb) |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 23 February 2008, 08:55 UTC |
| Rocket | H-IIA |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Y1 |
| Contractor | Mitsubishi |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Decommissioned |
| Deactivated | 27 February 2019, 06:54 UTC |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric |
| Regime | Geostationary |
| Longitude | 143° East |
| Semi-major axis | 42,164 kilometres (26,199 mi) |
| Perigee altitude | 35,784.1 kilometres (22,235.2 mi) |
| Apogee altitude | 35,803.8 kilometres (22,247.4 mi) |
| Inclination | 0.2 ° |
| Period | 1,436.1 minutes |
| Epoch | 00:00:00 UTC 2016-08-31 |
WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration Satellite, also known as Kizuna), was a Japanese communication satellite. Launch was originally scheduled for 2007.