Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
20:30:00
Wednesday December 21, 2016
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JCSAT-15 is a communications satellite designed and manufactured for SKY Perfect JSAT Group by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform. It has a launch weight of 3,400 kg (7,500 lb), a power production capacity of 10 kW, and a 15-year design life. Its payload is composed of Ku-band and Ka-band transponders. SKY Perfect JSAT Group will use JCSAT-15 as a replacement for N-SAT-110.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
3,400 kilograms
Star One D1 is a communications satellite operated by Star One with headquarters in Rio de Janeiro. It was built by Space Systems/Loral (SSL) based on the SSL 1300 satellite bus and launched on an Ariane 5 ECA carrier rocket on 21 December 2016.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
6,433 kilograms
Manufacturer
ESAPrice
$200.00 million
Rocket
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 53m
Payload to Orbit
LEO: 21,000 kg
GTO: 10,500 kg
Liftoff Thrust
15,120 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 5.4m
Height: 17m
Stages
2
Strap-ons
2
90th
Mission
7th
Mission of 2016
244th
Mission
11th
Mission of 2016
84th
Orbital launch attempt