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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:53:01
Tuesday August 29, 1995
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JCSAT-3 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-601 platform. It was originally ordered by JSAT Corporation, which later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group. It has a mixed Ku band and C band payload and operated on the 128°E longitude until it was replaced by JCSAT-3A.[
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,105 kilograms
Manufacturer
LockheedRocket
Height: 47.5m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 8,618 kg
GTO: 3,933 kg
Liftoff Thrust
2,957 Kilonewtons
Stages
2
Strap-ons
4
17th
Mission
7th
Mission of 1995
48th
Orbital launch attempt