Satellite Tracking, Prediction and Informations about

Objects in the Sky

Track WINDS (KIZUNA) Satellite in Real Time

Detailed information about WINDS (KIZUNA) satellite

Designator id: 2008-007A

Description of WINDS (KIZUNA) Satellite:

Kizuna, also known by its pre-launch name of WINDS (Wideband InterNetworking engineering Demonstration Satellite) is a Japanese (JAXA) geostationary, technology demonstration craft that was launched by a H-2A rocket from Tanegashima island at 08:55 UT on 23 February 2008. The 4,850 kg (2,450 kg dry) craft is reported to carry an ultra-fast, 1.2 Gbps direct-to-home downlink in Ka-band, via two multi-beam antennas, one for Japan and the other covering several southeast Asian cities. It also carries an Active Phased Array Antenna (APAA) which can change the beam direction rapidly.

For more details, see http://www.jaxa.jp/countdown/f14/index_e.html

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2008-02-23
Launch Vehicle: H-2A
Launch Site: Tanegashima, Japan
Mass: 2450.0 kg

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Japan)

Disciplines:
Technology Applications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 32500U 08007A   12335.25842582 -.00000249  00000-0  10000-3 0  8242
2 32500 000.0535 274.7895 0003001 332.3240 058.4626 01.00270949 17515

Last TLE update on :2012-11-30

Find more details about WINDS (KIZUNA) Satellite