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JCSAT 16, 41729

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JCSAT 16, 41729 is a payload satellite owned by Sky Perfect JSAT (JP) in GEO that was launched on Sun, 14 Aug 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

41729, 2016-050A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

SS/Loral (MDA)

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

LS-1300, R-4D

Mass

~4,600 kg wet, ~2,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2016-08-14 (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 8 hours ago

0 JCSAT 16
1 41729U 16050A   25128.91075002 -.00000246  00000-0  00000-0 0  9990
2 41729   0.0178 276.1988 0002298 168.9402 253.6684  1.00268770 32014

Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:51Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T21:51:28.801Z)

Latitude

0.03682°

Longitude

143.93448°

Altitude

35,789.609 km

Speed

3.074 km/s

True Right ascension

22h 35m 06s

True Declination

0° 02' 12"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-0.00652°

Longitude

-93.92296°

Altitude

35,777.646 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

06h 19m 53s

Apparent Declination

-5° 16' 30"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:07:21

Azimuth

283.805° WNW

Elevation

-23.839°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,798.2 km

Perigee altitude

35,778.821 km

Semi-major axis

42,166.648 km

Eccentricity

0.0002298

Inclination

0.0178°

RAAN

276.1988°

Arg. of periapsis

168.9402°

True anomaly

253.64313°

Mean anomaly

253.6684°

Eccentric anomaly

253.65577°

Mean motion

0.25066 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.19 mins

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