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Default Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 14/KIZUNA satellite (Forwarded)

Public Affairs Department
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)
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Joint Release: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd./Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA)

December 5, 2007 (JST)

Launch Day of the H-IIA Launch Vehicle No. 14 (H-IIA F14)

Mitsubishi Heavy Idustries, Ltd. and the Japan Aerospace Exploration
Agency (JAXA) would like to announce that the launch of the H-IIA
Launch Vehicle No. 14 (H-IIA F14) with the super high-speed Internet
satellite "KIZUNA" (Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and
Demonstration Satellite, WINDS) onboard was approved by the Space
Activities Commission (SAC) as follows.

Scheduled date of launch:
February 15 (Friday), 2008 (Japan Standard Time, JST)

Launch time:
Between 4:27 and 4:39 p.m. (JST) [0727 - 0739 UTC]

Launch windows:
February 16 (Sat), 2008 (JST), and
February 18 (Mon) through 28 (Thu), 2008 (JST)
(Launch time will be set for each day.)

Launch Site:
Yoshinobu Launch Complex at the Tanegashima Space Center