SpaceXFalcon 9 Block 5Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1
Launched
December 17, 2019
Image: SpaceX
Summary
JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on December 17, 2019. It was SpaceX's 88th launch, 15th this year and humanity's 5,916th orbital launch attempt. It was the 21st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight and the 11th this year. Booster B1056 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You. The payload was bound for Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO). JCSAT 18/Kacific 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 20,327 km orbit inclined 26.9°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
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- Vehicle
- Falcon 9 Block 5 · SpaceX
- Booster
- B1056 · flight 3 · Autonomous Spaceport Drone Ship at Of Course I Still Love You · landed209/217 landed here · 144 days after its previous flight, SpX CRS-18 · 651 km downrange
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO)
- Milestone
- 21st Falcon 9 Block 5 flight · 11th this yearSpaceX's 88th launch15th this yearhumanity's 5,916th orbital launch attempt96th orbital launch attempt this year
Webcast
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 · NORAD 44868 · 2019-091 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2019-091A
- Epoch
- 2019-12-17 05:00:51 UTC
- Mean motion
- 4.03213416 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.6011282
- Inclination
- 26.8691°
- Ascending node
- 280.697°
- Arg. of perigee
- 177.4435°
- Mean anomaly
- 265.9452°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GTO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile. Booster return drawn from padside's representative arc.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 2 still in orbit
- JCSAT 18/Kacific 1 · NORAD 44868 · in orbit
Falcon 9-078 Stage 2 · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 is a joint high-throughput communications satellite for Sky Perfect JSAT Corp. of Japan and a Singapore telecommunications company Kacific Broadband Satellites. Satellite will provide mobile telephone, data and internet services throughout the Asia-Pacific region. The JCSAT-18 payload will provide Ku-band coverage and improve mobile and broadband services for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation customers in the Asia-Pacific region, including the far eastern part of Russia. The satellite features technologies in the power subsystem to achieve highest efficiencies, and it also features command and data handling technologies to provide a more secure spacecraft. The KACIFIC-1 payload is designed to deliver uncontended broadband throughput via 56 Ka-band narrow beams, each having a capacity up to 1.25 Gbps, with the highest signal power ever achieved in the region. The beams are selectively tailored to cover precise pockets of demand in a geographically dispersed footprint of 20 Pacific and South East Asian nations.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
103rd launch from Space Launch Complex 40, 8th this year · 790th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
403 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
11 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 launch?
JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 launched on December 17, 2019. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1?
Coverage: JCSAT-18/Kacific1 Mission. Watch the replay
What rocket launched JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1?
Falcon 9 Block 5, flown by SpaceX. Falcon 9 Block 5 spec sheet
Where did JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
Did the booster land?
Booster B1056 flew for the 3rd time and landed at Of Course I Still Love You.
What orbit did JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 reach?
JCSAT 18/Kacific 1, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 280 × 20,327 km orbit inclined 26.9°.
How many satellites did JCSAT-18/KACIFIC-1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).