JCSAT 15

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JCSAT 15 is classified as:

NORAD ID: 41903

Int'l Code: 2016-082A

Perigee: 35,793.7 km

Apogee: 35,795.8 km

Inclination: 0.0 °

Period: 1,436.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 42165 km

RCS: Unknown

Launch date: December 21, 2016
Source: Japan (JPN)
Launch site: FRENCH GUIANA (FRGUI)

JCSAT 15 is a geostationary commercial communications satellite designed to broadcast television programming in Japan. The JCSAT 15 satellite, operated by Tokyo-based SKY Perfect JSAT Corp., will cover Japan and neighboring countries in the Asia-Pacific and Indian Ocean regions, replacing the N-SAT-110 communications craft also launched by Arianespace in 2000 aboard an Ariane 42L rocket. JCSAT 15 will broadcast pay television channels for SKY Perfect JSAT's SKY PerfecTV! service, which counts 3.4 million subscribers in Japan, and enable data transfer and maritime and aviation connectivity.

1 41903U 16082A   24303.87262903 -.00000340  00000-0  00000+0 0  9990
2 41903   0.0185 242.6928 0000249  31.6198 188.5685  1.00268046 28816

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC