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COMETS
COMETS
Japanese communications satellite. Name means 'Bridge', was called Communications and Broadcasting Experimental Test Satellite (COMETS) before launch. It contained Ka-band communications and inter-satellite data relay payloads.

AKA: COMETS;ETS. Status: Operational 1998. First Launch: 1998-02-21. Last Launch: 1998-02-21. Number: 1 .

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.



Family: Communications, High earth orbit. Country: Japan. Launch Vehicles: H-II. Launch Sites: Tanegashima, Tanegashima Y. Agency: NASDA, NEC, Toshiba. Bibliography: 2, 276, 6614, 12710.
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1998 February 21 - . 07:55 GMT - . Launch Site: Tanegashima. Launch Complex: Tanegashima Y. LV Family: H-2. Launch Vehicle: H-II.

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