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

December 5, 2007 (JST)

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA)

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 Wideband InterNetworking engineering test and Demonstration 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)
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