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JCSAT-16
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41729
· COSPAR
2016-050A
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Orbit:
#3759 @ 35783 x 35790 km x 0.0177 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch
2026-11-14 18:56 UTC
·
26.9 h old
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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 26318.78900888 -.00000238 00000-0 00000-0 0 09997
2 41729 0.0177 285.9746 0000767 307.5905 248.3610 1.00271479037599
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🚀 Launch manifest
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite Database
Launch date
August 14th 2016
Spacecraft age
10 years, 3 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
0.0177°
Period
1436.1
min
Perigee
35783
km
Apogee
35790
km
Eccentricity
7.67E-5
RAAN
285.9746°
Arg of Perigee
307.5905°
Mean Motion
1.00271479
rev/d