1977-014A
ETS-2 (Kiku-2) was built by Mitsubishi with its US partner Ford. It was Japan's first geostationary satellite. ETS-2 carried an ionospheric beacon for scientific and communications research.
| Kiku-2 | |||
| Date | Time | Event | Orbit |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 Feb 23 | 0850 | Launch by N-1 | TNSC |
| T+0:39 SOB burnout | |||
| T+1:20 SOB sep | |||
| T+3:41 MECO 100 km | |||
| T+3:47 VECO | |||
| T+3:48 St 1 sep | |||
| T+3:50 SES-1 | |||
| T+4:10 Fairing | |||
| 0857 | T+7:56 SECO | -3310 x 211 x 30.3 | |
| 0912 | T+22:56 St 2 sep | ||
| 0913 | T+23:10 TES | ||
| 0913 | T+23:50 TECO | ||
| 0915 | T+24:59 Stage 3 sep | 191 x 36000 | |
| 1977 Feb 26 | 0532 | AKM | 34032 x 35754 x 0? GEO 84E |
| 1977 Feb 26 | 2220 | Reorient orbit | 34063 x 35710 GEO 84E |
| 1977 Feb 27 | 2357 | Orb adjust 3m/s | 34211 x 35710 GEO 108E |
| 1977 Feb 28 | 2302 | Orb adjust 20m/s | 35282 x 35711 GEO 118E |
| 1977 Mar 2 | 1038 | Orb adjust 1m/s | 35279 x 35781 GEO 124E |
| 1977 Mar 3 | 2206 | Orb adj 6m/s | 35607 x 35781 GEO 128E |
| 1977 Mar 4 | 2158 | Orb adj 3m/s | 35781 x 35786 GEO 130E |
| 1977 Mar 5 | On station | GEO 130E | |
| 1978 May | Main mission complete | ||
| 1980 Oct | GEO 130E | ||
| 1981 Jun-Oct | Tracked at 82E to 40E, possible mis-id? | ||
| 1981 Dec | GEO 130E | ||
| 1982 Jun | GEO 130E | ||
| 1983 Jun | GEO 130E | ||
| 1985 Apr | GEO 130E | ||
| 1987 Jan 7 | GEO 130E | ||
| 1990 Aug 28 | 1435.98 35781 x 35787 x 9.3 GEO 130.0E | ||
| 1990 Oct 11 | 1435.96 35776 x 35791 x 9.4 GEO 130.0E | ||
| 1990 Dec 10 | mv out | ||
| 1991 May 11 | 1435.86 34603 x 35960 x 10.8 GEO 98.6E+0.05E | ||
| 1991 Aug 19 | 1440.03 35852 x 35874 x 10.1 GEO 110.6W+1.0W | ||
| 1999 Apr 21 | 1439.84 35839 x 35880 x 14.2 | ||
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