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JCSAT-15
Japanese satellite. JCSAT-15 was launched on December 21, 2016 aboard a Ariane 5ECA from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-082ANORAD 41903Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JCSAT 15
- Common name
- JCSAT-15
- International designator
- 2016-082A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41903
- GCAT identifier
- S41903
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/812
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- JCSAT
- Owner
- Sky Perfect JSAT
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- SS/Loral (MDA)
- Platform (bus)
- LS-1300
Launch
- Date
- December 21, 2016 · 20:30 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-082Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5ECA
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,791 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 3,408 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 5.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.50 m
- Span
- 26.1 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18466412 (CC0).