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JCSAT 2B, 41471

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JCSAT 2B, 41471 is a payload satellite owned by Sky Perfect JSAT (JP) in GEO that was launched on Fri, 06 May 2016 UTC via an FALCON 9 launch vehicle from the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

41471, 2016-028A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

11 hours ago

Origin

SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

4,696 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-05-06 (9 years ago)

Launch vehicle

FALCON 9

Launch site

Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 2 Pan, 27 m

Radar Cross Section

26.964 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 11 hours ago

0 JCSAT 2B
1 41471U 16028A   25128.91274826 -.00000160  00000-0  00000-0 0  9999
2 41471   0.0166 276.3088 0001177 138.0856 295.1806  1.00268499 33065

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:54Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:54:21.449Z)

Latitude

0.0378°

Longitude

153.99381°

Altitude

35,784.873 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

23h 18m 14s

True Declination

0° 02' 16"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.03369°

Longitude

-42.056°

Altitude

35,787.828 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

09h 48m 33s

Apparent Declination

-5° 23' 46"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

16:57:30

Azimuth

277.027° WNW

Elevation

-16.657°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,793.55 km

Perigee altitude

35,783.624 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.724 km

Eccentricity

0.0001177

Inclination

0.0166°

RAAN

276.3088°

Arg. of periapsis

138.0856°

True anomaly

295.16839°

Mean anomaly

295.1806°

Eccentric anomaly

295.1745°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.2 mins

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