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JCSAT-2B
Communications satellite. JCSAT-2B was launched on May 6, 2016 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-028ANORAD 41471Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JCSAT 2B
- Common name
- JCSAT-2B
- Payload designation
- JCSAT 14
- International designator
- 2016-028A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41471
- GCAT identifier
- S41471
- 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
- May 6, 2016 · 05:21 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-028Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,776 km
- Apogee
- 35,797 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,696 kg
- Dry mass
- 2,500 kg
- Length
- 4.5 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 27.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18466406 (CC0).