Atlas IIAS | JCSAT 3
Lockheed Martin · Atlas IIAS · Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Lockheed Martin's 13th launch · 6th this year · humanity's 4,009th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Aug 29, 00:53 – Aug 29, 00:53 UTC
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JCSAT 3
Foreseeing the growth of the communications business, Japan Satellite Systems, Inc., (JSAT) of Tokyo signed a contract in October 1993 for a Hughes HS-601 satellite from Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. The satellite, JCSAT-3, was designed to relay voice, data, and television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and India; and via C-band to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii.
Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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