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Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
01:42:02
Monday February 17, 1997
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JCSAT-4 was known as JCSAT-R until it was sold to INTELSAT in 2009 (Intelsat 26). It is a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-601 satellite bus. 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 was used as an on-orbit spare.
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
27th
Mission
1st
Mission of 1997
8th
Orbital launch attempt