H-IIA rocket launches WINDS satellite

Saturday, February 23, 2008

A Japanese H-IIA carrier rocket has successfully launched the Wideband InterNetworking test and Demonstration Satellite (WINDS) experimental communication satellite. WINDS, also known as Kizuna, is a Japanese spacecraft intended to relay Internet access to homes and organisaa

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"H-IIA No.14 Special Site" — Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, February 23, 2008
"Live Coverage: H-IIA KIZUNA (WINDS) Launch" — The Space Fellowship, February 23, 2008
"Japan's 'high-speed' satellite" — The Press Association, February 23, 2008
Teruaki Ueno. "Japan launches experimental Internet satellite" — Reuters, February 23, 2008
"Super-speed Internet satellite blasts off in Japan" — CNN, February 23, 2008

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