Kiku 5

 1987-070A

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ETS-5 (Kiku-5) was launched by H-I on 1987 Aug 27. The satellite was built by Mitsubishi and featured the first flight of the Nissan H-1 apogee motor and the H-1 third stage.

Kiku-5
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1987 Aug 27	0920	Launch by H-I	TNSC
		T+0:38 SRM 1-6 burnout
		T+0:40 SRM 7-9 on
		T+1:19 SRM 7-9 burnout
		T+1:25 SRM sep
		T+4:28 MECO
		T+4:34 VECO
		T+4:36 St 1 sep
		T+4:40 LE-5 burn
	0925	T+5:04 Fairing
	0930	T+10:38 LE-5 SECO
	0945	T+25:04 LE-5 sep over equator	167 x 215 x 30.4 (B)
	0945	T+25:27 St 3 burn
	0946	T+26:34 St 3 TECO
	0947	T+27:29 Nissan St 3 sep, 219 km at 145W 3S	651.4 212 x 36812 x 27.8 (C)
	0947	T+27:31 St 3 tumble
			216 x 36812 x 27.7
	1530?	Apo 1
	2030?	Peri 1
1987 Aug 28	0230?	Apo 2	629.45 194 x 35708 x 27.5
	0730?	Peri 2
	1300?	Apo 3
	1800?	Peri 3
1987 Aug 29	0000	Apo 4
	0400?	Peri 4
	0900?	Apo 5
	1400?	Peri 5
	1900?	Apo 6	629.38 191 x 35797 x 27.6
1987 Aug 30	0300?	Peri 6
	0600?	Apo 7
1987 Aug 30	0551?	apo 7 AKM burn over 84E, 55s
1987 Aug 31			1386.81 33534 x 36097 x 0.2 GEO 108.2E+12.8E
1987 Sep 3			1395.73 33669 x 36316 x 0.2 GEO 144.3E+10.4E
1987 Sep 4			1410.42 34252 x 36312 x 0.1 GEO 150.7E+6.6E
1987 Sep 9			35702x36178x0.16 GEO 150.8E-2E/d
1987 Sep 10	1400	35708x35978x0.16 GEO 148.9E-0.7/d
1987 Sep 11	1400	35703x35790x0.2 GEO 148.2E+0.5/d
1987 Sep 17		On station
1987 Sep 19			1435.96 35777 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 150.0E
1987 Nov 11		First NSSK
1988 Dec 20			1436.12 35767 x 35806 x 0.0 GEO 149.9E
1989 Mar 31		end of main program
1991 Feb 22			1436.12 35762 x 35811 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E
1992 Feb		Partners educational transmissions
1993 Apr 21			1436.11 35767 x 35806 x 1.6 GEO 150.3E
1995 Oct 5			1436.12 35766 x 35807 x 3.5 GEO 150.3E
1997 Sep 8			1436.09 35773 x 35799 x 4.9 GEO 150.3E