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JCSAT-16
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41729
· COSPAR
2016-050A
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Orbit:
#3738 @ 35782 x 35793 km x 0.0176 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-10-25 10:40 UTC
·
31.8 h old
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🛰️ Ground track · next 110 min
Latitude
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Altitude
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Velocity
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Heading
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Orbit #
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Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archive
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Current TLE
// onowactive
JCSAT-16
1 41729U 16050A 26298.44476297 .00000000 00000-0 00000-0 0 09995
2 41729 0.0176 241.6604 0001246 349.7318 106.5043 1.00268821037388
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TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
August 14th 2016
Spacecraft age
10 years, 2 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation
Purpose
Communications
Orbit class
GEO
Launch site
Cape Canaveral
Launch vehicle
Falcon 9
Contractor
Space Systems/Loral
Launch mass
4,500
kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elements
Inclination
0.0176°
Period
1436.14
min
Perigee
35782
km
Apogee
35793
km
Eccentricity
0.0001246
RAAN
241.6604°
Arg of Perigee
349.7318°
Mean Motion
1.00268821
rev/d