Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Kizuna

 2008-007A


WINDS, the Wideband Internetworking Engineering Test and Demonstration Satellite, is an Asia-Pacific high bandwidth relay satellite using the COMETS bus. WINDS has the nickname Kizuna ('bonds') and was built by JAXA and NEC Toshiba Space. The Japanese Inst. of Comms. Tech. is also involved. The satellite seems to have been assembled at NT-S Keihin and at JAXA Tsukuba.

Launch by H-IIA 2024/4S. The HIIA second stage uses an improved LE-5B-2 with lower vibration.

Size 3.3m high 3.0m dia 21.6m span box + 2 panels. Mass 4850 kg full 2400 kg dry?


WINDS 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

2008 Feb 23  0855  Launch by HIIA 2024 F14  TNSC 
  T+0:10 SSB 1-2 on 
  T+1:09 SSB 1-2 out 
  T+1:16 SSB 3-4 on 
  T+1:39 SRB-A out  
  T+1:48 SRB-A sep 49 km  
  T+2:15 SSB 3-4 out 
  T+2:24 SSB 3-4 sep, 80 km  
 0859 T+4:15 Fairing sep 160 km 
 0901 T+6:36 MECO, 242 km  
 0901 T+6:44 St 1 sep 
 0901 T+6:40 SEIG1, 251 km  
 0907 T+12:10 SECO1, 313 km  
  115 x 314 x 30.1  

 

0918 T+23:51 SEIG2, 255 km  
 0922 T+27:12 SECO2, 258 km  
 0923 T+28:03 St 2 sep, 283 km in GTO 
2008 Feb 24  0029  LAM-1 87min  4429 x 35827 x 15.86 
2008 Feb 25  0025  LAM-2 74min  11971 x 35825 x 7.55 (JAXA) 
 1537  873.774 11997 x 35797 x 7.58 (TLE) 
2008 Feb 26  0529s LAM-3 80 min  32261 x 35822 x 0.5 
2008 Feb 27  0434  LAM-4 6 min  34652 x 35822 x 0.21  
2008 Feb 29  0324  20N thruster, 9 min  
2008 Mar 2    1421.80 35188 x 35824 x 0.10  
2008 Mar 8    GEO 138.6E+3.6E/d 

Payload:

  • Ka-band dish 27/18 GHz

  • On-board switching router

  • MBA Multi-beam antenna reflector Asia-pacific, 2.4m dia, Ka

  • MBA Multi-beam antenna reflector domestic, 2.4m dia, Ka

  • APAA Active Phased Array Antenna, Ka

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