NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

JCSAT-4

Launch Time
Mon Feb 17, 1997 01:42 UTC

Rocket

Atlas IIAS
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
ILS
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,957 kN
Payload to LEO: 8,618 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,933 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 4
Rocket Height: 47.5 m

Mission Details

JCSAT-4

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.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 3,105.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1997

8th orbital launch attempt

Atlas II

27th mission
1st mission of 1997
27th successful mission