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WINDS

completedLaunch 2008-007
Launched 2/23/2008HEOService CGSat GTO O
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Payloads
Assets deployed on this mission, enriched from spacecraft records.
1 payload
Kizuna
retired
Communications
GEO
Launch Details
Launch Date
2/23/2008
Launch ID
2008-007
Launch Profile
Sat GTO O
Service Type
CG
Orbit
HEO
Launch Stack
Operator
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI)
Launch Vehicle
H-IIA 2024
Launch Site
Yoshinobu Launch Complex, Osaki Site, Tanegashima Space Center (Tanegashima Space Center, Tanegashima, Nippon)J
Payload Summary
Payload Count
1
Payload Status
retired 1
Payload Mission Types
Communications 1
Track
Mentions
99
All verified mentions of this mission in source documents.

Two of NOAA’s 2022-04-29 Broad Agency Announcements focus on satellite sensors: one for measuring atmospheric winds in three dimensions and one for hyperspectral microwave remote sensing observations.

CapabilityLegalValue 3.0May 5, 2022NOAA seeks input on new satellite sensors and digital twin

Marginally high winds delayed Endeavour's undocking from 2022-04-23 to 2022-04-24.

PlanValue 3.0Apr 24, 2022Ax-1 undocks from space station after extended stay

The SAS will help monitor phenomena such as ocean winds, continental ice sheets, and land surface soil moisture.

CapabilityGeneralValue 2.6Apr 7, 2022MetOp-SG-B’s Scatterometer Weather Satellite Weathers Extensive Tests

The New Shepard Mission Operations team moved the launch of NS-20 to Thursday, 2022-03-31, due to forecasted high winds during launch and recovery operations on Tuesday, 2022-03-29 and Wednesday, 2022-03-30.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Mar 29, 2022High Winds Delay New Shepard Mission

The AvL 1.55 m terminal includes standard and high-wind configurations and demonstrated operation in 25 m/sec (56 mph) winds with minimum gain loss when equipped with the optional high-wind kit.

CapabilityValue 4.4Mar 21, 2022AvL Technologies’ Reveals New COTM Terminal, New X-Y Antennas, Intelsat Antenna Qualifications, New Tri-Band Antenna + An SES Contract

Astra delayed for 50 minutes on 2022-02-07 to assess upper-level winds before resuming the countdown for LV0008.

PlanCapabilityGrowthGeneralValue 3.5Feb 7, 2022

BRIMAR troops used the Seeker UAS’s autonomy and range to conduct operations from advantageous locations in surface winds exceeding 40 knots.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jan 30, 2022Spanish Navy’s Seeker UAS Passes Maneuvers Including Live-Fire

Arianespace identified upper-level winds as a potential concern for the planned 2021-12-24 launch of the Ariane 5 carrying the James Webb Space Telescope.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 21, 2021Weather bumps JWST launch to Christmas Day

The New Shepard launch team delayed the NS-19 launch from 2021-12-09–10, 2021 to 2021-12-11 due to forecasted winds.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 11, 2021Blue Origin Completes Third Human Spaceflight

Winds delayed the NS-19 launch by two days before its 2021-12-11 liftoff.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 11, 2021Blue Origin launches first six-person New Shepard suborbital flight

Blue Origin scheduled the NS-19 flight for 2021-12-11 from Launch Site One in West Texas after a two-day delay because of winds.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0Dec 10, 2021FAA to end commercial astronaut wings program

Blue Origin delayed the New Shepard NS-19 launch to Saturday, 2021-12-11 due to forecast winds on Thursday, 2021-12-09 and Friday, 2021-12-10.

PlanValue 4.0Dec 9, 2021Adverse Weather Conditions Delay Blue Origin’s NS-19 Mission Launch

A NASA weather review found winds unfavorable for recovery for Endeavour’s planned splashdown at about 7:14 a.m. Eastern on 2021-11-08.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 3.0Nov 7, 2021Crew-2 undocking delayed a day

The 2021-10-13 New Shepard launch was originally scheduled for 2021-10-12 but was postponed one day because of winds.

PlanValue 3.0Oct 13, 2021Blue Origin launches second crewed New Shepard mission

Under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, GeoOptics is designing a radar instrument to observe ocean vector winds, topography, soil moisture, and other surface properties using patented multi-satellite radar techniques.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.2Jul 30, 2021GeoOptics orbiting observatory to scan evolving Earth

Under the National Oceanographic Partnership Program, GeoOptics is designing a radar instrument to observe ocean vector winds, topography, soil moisture, and other surface properties using patented multi-satellite radar techniques.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jul 29, 2021GeoOptics Orbiting Observatory Will Monitor The Earth

CoreLogic’s 2021 Hurricane Report finds more than 31 million homes with nearly $8,500,000,000,000 in combined reconstruction cost value have moderate or extreme risk exposure to hurricane winds.

FinancialGeneralValue 1.8Jun 2, 2021CoreLogic releases Hurricane Report, shows storm surge in 2021 likely to threaten 8 million homes

NASA postponed planned daytime splashdowns on 2021-04-28 and 2021-05-01 because of winds and sea states at landing zones off the Florida coast.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 2, 2021Crew Dragon splashes down to end Crew-1 mission

The launch-site weather at Kennedy Space Center was forecast to be favorable for an 2021-04-22 launch while forecasts predicted high winds and high waves at downrange abort locations in the Atlantic Ocean.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Apr 21, 2021Downrange weather delays Crew-2 launch

The Soyuz ST-A rocket lifted off from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 11:42 a.m. Eastern on 2020-12-29 after a one-day delay caused by gusty upper-level winds.

PlanGeneralValue 3.0Dec 29, 2020Soyuz launches French reconnaissance satellite in final 2020 launch
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