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WINDS (KIZUNA)

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 8.9° from the equator, between 35,756 and 35,785 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About WINDS (KIZUNA)

WINDS (KIZUNA) is a satellite from Japan, launched on Feb 23, 2008 from Tanegashima Space Center.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 31°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

WINDS · Japanese communication satellite

Operated by
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency
Built by
NEC Space Technologies

Wikipedia article ↗ · Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 23 days its lowest point went from 35,753 km to 35,750 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
35,75035,76035,77035,780Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.