Status
Success
Skynet 4A & JCSAT-2
Launch Time
Mon Jan 01, 1990 00:07 UTC
Mon Jan 01, 1990 00:07 UTC
Rocket
Mission Details
Skynet 4A
Skynet is a family of military communications satellites, now operated by Airbus Defence and Space on behalf of the United Kingdom's Ministry of Defence, which provide strategic communication services to the three branches of the British Armed Forces and to NATO forces engaged on coalition tasks.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 1,250.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
JCSAT-2
JCSAT-2 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform. It was originally ordered by Japan Communications Satellite Company (JCSAT), which later merged into the JSAT Corporation. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 154°E longitude until it was replaced by JCSAT-2A.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,280.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1990
1st orbital launch attempt
Titan III
153rd mission
1st mission of 1990
137th successful mission
4th consecutive successful mission