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JCSAT-4A
Geostationary communications satellite. JCSAT-4A was launched on February 16, 1999 aboard a Atlas IIAS from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1999-006ANORAD 25630Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JCSAT 4A
- Common name
- JCSAT-4A
- Payload designation
- JCSAT 6
- International designator
- 1999-006A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25630
- GCAT identifier
- S25630
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/371
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- JCSAT
- Owner
- JSAT
- Country
- Japan
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-601
Launch
- Date
- February 16, 1999 · 01:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 1999-006Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIAS
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad SLC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,785 km
- Apogee
- 35,807 km
- Inclination
- 0.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 2, 2021
- End of operations
- Nov 29, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 2,900 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,226 kg
- Length
- 6.0 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 26.0 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q14174196 (CC0).