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JCSAT-18/Kacific-1
Geostationary communications satellite built by Boeing. JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 was launched on December 17, 2019 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2019-091ANORAD 44868Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JCSAT 18/Kacific 1
- Common name
- JCSAT-18/Kacific-1
- Payload designation
- JCSAT 18
- International designator
- 2019-091A
- NORAD catalog number
- 44868
- GCAT identifier
- S44868
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/1011
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- JCSAT
- Owner
- Sky Perfect JSAT
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Boeing Satellite Development Center, El Segundo
- Platform (bus)
- BSS-702MP
Launch
- Date
- December 17, 2019 · 00:10 UTC
- Launch record
- 2019-091Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,792 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 28, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 6,800 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,500 kg
- Length
- 7.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.30 m
- Span
- 35.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q56354476 (CC0).