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JCSAT 18, 44868

Orbit data source: Space-Track

JCSAT 18, 44868 is a Japanese payload satellite in GEO that was launched on Tue, 17 Dec 2019 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

44868, 2019-091A

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

21 hours ago

Origin

SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JP / JPN)

Manufacturer

Boeing/ES

Mission

Operational Commercial Communications

Bus & Motor

BSS-702MP, R-4D?

Mass

6,800 kg wet, ~3,500 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2019-12-17 (5 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, Unknown HBR

Radar Cross Section

56.564 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 JCSAT 18
1 44868U 19091A   25129.19752998 -.00000194  00000-0  00000-0 0  9994
2 44868   0.0113 305.9935 0000155 190.4782 311.8875  1.00271461 19952

Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-09T04:44:26.59Z)

Latitude

0.00891°

Longitude

149.98592°

Altitude

35,785.741 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

05h 53m 24s

True Declination

0° 00' 32"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

0.02619°

Longitude

101.67424°

Altitude

35,786.3 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

02h 15m 16s

Apparent Declination

-5° 17' 57"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:39:46

Azimuth

279.738° WNW

Elevation

-19.54°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,788.41 km

Perigee altitude

35,787.103 km

Semi-major axis

42,165.893 km

Eccentricity

0.0000155

Inclination

0.0113°

RAAN

305.9935°

Arg. of periapsis

190.4782°

True anomaly

311.88618°

Mean anomaly

311.8875°

Eccentric anomaly

311.88684°

Mean motion

0.25067 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1436.15 mins

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Other satellites on launch #91 in the year 2019 (2019-12-17 UTC)

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