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H-IIA 2024 | Kizuna
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries | JapanTanegashima Space Center, Japan
Feb. 23, 2008, 8:55 a.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
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 2008 to establish the world's most advanced information and telecommunications network. It is expected that this information and telecommunications network's speed and capacity will be much higher than anything achieved previously. The WINDS satellite communication system aims for a maximum speed of 155 Mbps (receiving) / 6 Mbps (transmitting) for households with 45-centimeter aperture antennas (the same size as existing Communications Satellite antennas), and ultra-fast 1.2 Gbps transmission for offices with five-meter antennas.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Proton-M Briz-M | Thor 5
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 11, 2008, 11:34 a.m.
Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-122
National Aeronautics and Space Administration | United States of AmericaKennedy Space Center, FL, USA
Feb. 7, 2008, 7:45 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
STS-122 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS), flown by the Space Shuttle Atlantis. STS-122 marked the 24th shuttle mission to the ISS, and the 121st space shuttle flight overall. The mission was also referred to as ISS-1E by the ISS program. The primary objective of STS-122 was to deliver the European Columbus science laboratory, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), to the station. It also returned Expedition 16 Flight Engineer Daniel M. Tani to Earth. Tani was replaced on Expedition 16 by Léopold Eyharts, a French Flight Engineer representing ESA. After Atlantis' landing, the orbiter was prepared for STS-125, the final servicing mission for the Hubble Space Telescope.
Low Earth Orbit
Soyuz U | Progress M-63
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Feb. 5, 2008, 1:02 p.m.
Proton-M Briz-M | Ekspress AM-33
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Jan. 28, 2008, 12:18 a.m.
PSLV | TECSAR 1
Indian Space Research Organization | IndiaSatish Dhawan Space Centre, India
Jan. 21, 2008, 3:45 a.m.
Zenit | Thuraya 3
Sea Launch | RussiaSea Launch
Jan. 15, 2008, 11:48 a.m.
Proton-M | Uragan-M 12 to 14
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 25, 2007, 7:32 p.m.
Soyuz U | Progress M-62
Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS) | RussiaBaikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Dec. 23, 2007, 7:12 a.m.
Ariane 5 GS | RASCOM-QAF 1 & Horizons-2
ArianeGroup | FranceGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Dec. 21, 2007, 9:41 p.m.
Status: Launch Successful
Mission:
RASCOM-QAF 1 is the first satellite dedicated to the African continent. It operates at 2.85 degrees East, providing telecommunication services. Horizons-2 is a communications satellite owned by Horizons Satellite a joint venture between SKY Perfect JSAT Group and Intelsat. It operates at 74 degrees West.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
