Photo: Bill Ingalls · Public domain (US government)
Mission
Communications · GTO
WINDS, also called Kizuna, is currently under joint development by JAXA and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, as part of the e-Japan Priority Policy Program of the Japanese government's IT strategy headquarters. WINDS was launched by an H-IIA Launch Vehicle in…
What it put in orbit
| Object | Type | Orbit | Globe |
|---|---|---|---|
| KIZUNA (WINDS) 2008-007A | Payload | 35752 × 35780 km · 8.8° | Globe |
| H-2A R/B 2008-007B | Rocket body | 279 × 27803 km · 28.1° | Globe |
COSPAR ID 2008-007 (data from GCAT, J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0). Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).