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
Sources
- "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