Kizuna (satellite)
| Kizuna | |
|---|---|
| Start date | February 23, 2008, 08:55 UTC |
| Launcher | H-IIA-2024 G14 |
| Launch site | Tanegashima Space Center |
| COSPAR-ID : | 2008-007A |
| Takeoff mass | 4850 kg |
| Mass in orbit | 2750 |
| Manufacturer | NEC |
| lifespan | 11 years |
| operator | JAXA / NICT |
| List of geostationary satellites | |
Kizuna ( Jap. きずな ), the meaning in German is connectedness, or WINDS ( Engl. W ideband I nter N etworking engineering test and D emonstration S atellite) is a Japanese communications satellite , which with a H-IIA launch vehicle on 23 February Launched in 2008 from the Tanegashima Space Center .
According to JAXA , Kizuna offers a download speed of 155 MB / s when using a 45 centimeter satellite antenna. For the industrial sector, a bandwidth of 1.2 Gb / s is specified for a 5-meter antenna.
There was a malfunction in February 2019; since then, Kizuna has been drifting westward along the geostationary orbit. JAXA switched off the satellite on February 27, 2019.
Web links
- Overview of the “KIZUNA” (WINDS )
- Press Kit (English, PDF, 17 pages; 1.2 MB)
- Experiment promotion page (English)
- Kizuna. JAXA (English)
- WINDS (Kizuna). Gunter's Space Page (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Development of the Wideband InterNetworking Satellite WINDS (KIZUNA). (PDF; 2.7 MB) In: NEC Technical Journal Vol.6, No.1. NEC, April 2011, pp. 67-70 , accessed on March 10, 2013 (English).
- ↑ 超 高速 イ ン タ ー ネ ッ ト 衛星 ―WINDS (PDF; 1.4 MB) JAXA (English)
- ↑ Twitter message from Jonathan McDowell , April 24, 2019.