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JAXA Engineering Test Satellite ETS-VIII (Kiku 8) is the eighth technology test satellite in a series which started with ETS-1 in 1975 by NASDA. It was launched with the H-2A on December 18 2006.ETS-VIII was developed by JAXA in cooperation with NICT and NTT.The aim of ETS-VIII is to enable satellite communications with small terminals.