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JSAT-144C
Communication satellite. JSAT-144C was launched on August 14, 2016 aboard a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2016-050ANORAD 41729Japan
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- JCSAT 16
- Common name
- JSAT-144C
- International designator
- 2016-050A
- NORAD catalog number
- 41729
- GCAT identifier
- S41729
- 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
- August 14, 2016 · 05:26 UTC
- Launch record
- 2016-050Success
- Rocket
- Falcon 9
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC40
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,777 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 0.02°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Feb 23, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,600 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 Q18466419 (CC0).