JCSAT-16
SKY Perfect JSAT Group | |
COSPAR ID | 2016-050A[1][2] |
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SATCAT no. | 41729[3][4] |
Website | Official Page |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | JCSAT-16 |
Bus | SSL 1300 |
Manufacturer | SSL |
Launch mass | 4,600 kg (10,100 lb)[5] |
Power | 8.5 kW[5] |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 05:26, August 14, 2016 (UTC) SLC-40 |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Transponders | |
Band | Ku band and Ka band |
JCSAT-16 is a
History
In April 2014,
On September 10, 2014, JSAT announced that it had signed a launch service contract with SpaceX for the launch of JCSAT-16 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket.
On July 13, 2016, SSL delivered JCSAT-16 to the launch site in
At the scheduled August 14 at 05:26 UTC, SpaceX successfully launched the JCSAT-16 satellite into a 184 km × 35,912 km × 20.85° orbit on a
While JCSAT-16 was supposed to serve as on-orbit backup at the 124° East longitude position, it will be repositioned into service at the 162°East position to replace
On late September 2016, parts of Falcon 9 second stage reentered the atmosphere and landed over Java and Madura, Indonesia. Some parts like the Helium COPV (Composite Overwrapped Pressure Vessel) landed mostly intact and damaged an animal enclosure, but there was no further damage or harm.[17]
See also
- List of Falcon 9 launches
References
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- ^ "JCSAT 16". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. August 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ a b "JCSAT 16". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. August 23, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ "JCSAT 16". n2yo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-30.
- ^ a b c "JCSat 16". Satbeams. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ a b c Graham, William (August 14, 2016). "SpaceX launches second JCSAT mission via Falcon 9". NASASpaceFlight.com. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ^ a b "JCSat 16". SSL. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "SSL selected to provide two satellites to Sky Perfect JSAT". SSL. 2014-04-16. Archived from the original on 2016-10-22. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- SKY Perfect JSAT Group. 2014-09-10. Archived from the original(PDF) on 2016-07-05. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "Sky Perfect JSAT Inks Kratos Contract for JCSAT 16 TT&C Antenna and RF System". Via Satellite. 2016-03-03. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "SSL delivers communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT to Cape Canaveral launch base". SSL. 2016-07-13. Archived from the original on 2016-08-15. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
- ^ "JCSAT-16 Launch Schedule Update" (PDF). SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. August 4, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ "API Search". space-track.org. 2016-08-16. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
- ^ Christina Ra (2016-08-12). "Press Kit: JCSAT-16 Mission". SpaceX. Retrieved 2016-08-14.
- ^ a b "Notice Regarding Successful Launch of the JCSAT-16 Communications Satellite" (PDF). SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation. August 14, 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-15.
- ^ a b c de Selding, Peter B. (August 14, 2016). "SpaceX successfully launches JCSat-16 satellite, faces crowded end-year manifest". Space News. Retrieved August 15, 2016.
- ^ "SpaceX Rocket Parts Rain Down over Indonesia – Spaceflight101". 26 September 2016.