JCSAT-15 is a geostationary communications satellite owned by the Japanese company , after commissioning it will be renamed JCSAT-110A . Designed to provide telecommunications services (digital television (both paid, provided by the provider , and open channels) in Japan , as well as for data and communications for ships and aircraft in the Pacific and Indian Oceans .
| JCSAT-15 | |
|---|---|
| JCSAT-110A | |
| Manufacturer |  SSL |
| Operator |  |
| Tasks | Communication satellite |
| Satellite | Of the earth |
| Launch pad | Kourou , ELA-3 |
| Carrier rocket | Ariane 5 ECA |
| Launch | December 21, 2016, 20:30 UTC |
| Flight duration | 2 years, 7 months, 15 days |
| NSSDC ID | 2016-082A |
| SCN | 41903 |
| Specifications | |
| Platform | SSL-1300 |
| Weight | 3 400 kg |
| Power | 10 kW |
| Active life | 15 years |
| Orbit elements | |
| Orbit type | geostationary orbit |
| Standing point | 110 ° East |
| Target equipment | |
| Transponders | K u range |
| Coverage area | Japan |
| Project site | |
In April 2014, SSL announced a contract with the SKY Perfect JSAT Group for the production of two satellites: JCSAT-15 and JCSAT-16 [1] . The satellite is based on the SSL-1300 platform. The launch mass of the satellite is 3400 kg , dimensions when folded - 5.2 × 3.3 × 3 m, power 10 kW , and its expected service life is at least 15 years. Equipped with transponders K u- band [2] [3] .
The SKY Perfect JSAT Group will use the JCSAT-15 at 110 ° east longitude instead of the satellite, launched in 2000 [2] .
On September 8, 2014, Arianspace announced the signing of a contract with JSAT to launch the JCSAT-15 satellite aboard the Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle [4] [5] .
The satellite was launched on December 21, 2016 at 20:30 UTC by the European carrier rocket Arian-5 ECA from the launch complex ELA-3 of the Kourou space center in French Guiana , paired with the Brazilian satellite Star One D1 [6]
Notes
- ↑ “SSL selected to provide two satellites to Sky Perfect JSAT” (link not available) . Date of treatment October 8, 2016. Archived October 22, 2016. .
- ↑ 1 2 “JCSat 15” (inaccessible link) . Date of treatment October 8, 2016. Archived October 15, 2016. .
- ↑ JCSat-15 (English) . Spaceflight101 .
- ↑ "Arianespace to launch JCSAT-15 for SKY Perfect JSAT satellite . "
- ↑ “SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for JCSAT-15 satellite with Arianespace” (PDF).
- ↑ Brazilian and Japanese communications satellites launched by Ariane 5 rocket . Spaceflight Now (December 21, 2016).