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Other Designations: COMETS. Manufacturer's Designation: ETS. Class: Communications. Destination: High Earth Orbit. Nation: Japan. Agency: NASDA. Manufacturer: Toshiba, NEC. Kakehashi, meaning 'Bridge', was called Communications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite (COMETS) before launch. It contained Ka-band communications and inter-satellite data relay payloads. Premature shutdown 44 seconds into the H-II second stage second burn put the satellite into a much lower than planned orbit. The on-board Unified Propulsion System was used to raise it to a more useful orbit. Typical orbit: 479 x 17710 km, 30.1 deg inclinaton.
Kakehashi Chronology - 1998 February 21 - Kakehashi - Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Y. Launch Vehicle: H-2. Perigee: 1,033 km (641 mi). Apogee: 17,727 km (11,015 mi). Inclination: 30.10 deg. Period: 328.10 min.
Kakehashi, meaning 'Bridge', was called Communuications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite (COMETS) before launch. It contained Ka-band communications and inter-satellite data relay payloads. Premature shutdown 44 seconds into the H-II second stage second burn put the satellite into a much lower than planned orbit. The on-board Unified Propulsion System was used to raise it to a more useful orbit.
Bibliography:- McDowell, Jonathan, Jonathan's Space Home Page (launch records), Harvard University, 1997-present. Web Address when accessed: http://www.planet4589.org/jsr.html.
- NASA GSFC Orbital Parameters,
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