ArianespaceAriane 44PAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
JCSAT 1B & Equator-S
Launched
December 2, 1997
Image: Arianespace
Summary
JCSAT 1B & Equator-S launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44P from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on December 2, 1997. It was Arianespace's 101st launch, 10th this year and humanity's 4,196th orbital launch attempt. It was the 10th Ariane 44P flight and the 4th this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). JCSAT 1B, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 222 × 35,766 km orbit inclined 4.0°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44P · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 10th Ariane 44P flight · 4th this yearArianespace's 101st launch10th this yearhumanity's 4,196th orbital launch attempt78th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
JCSAT 1B · NORAD 25067 · 1997-075 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- JCSAT 5
- Object ID
- 1997-075A
- Epoch
- 1997-12-02 18:10:09 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28277368 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7294179
- Inclination
- 4.0052°
- Ascending node
- 232.3978°
- Arg. of perigee
- 178.0008°
- Mean anomaly
- 189.0455°
- 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: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 2 still in orbit
- JCSAT 1B · NORAD 25067 · in orbit
- Equator-S · NORAD 25068 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V103 · re-entered November 7, 2000
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese communications satellite
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
76th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 10th this year · 112th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
20 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did JCSAT 1B & Equator-S launch?
JCSAT 1B & Equator-S launched on December 2, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JCSAT 1B & Equator-S?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched JCSAT 1B & Equator-S?
Ariane 44P, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44P spec sheet
Where did JCSAT 1B & Equator-S launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did JCSAT 1B & Equator-S reach?
JCSAT 1B, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 222 × 35,766 km orbit inclined 4.0°.
How many satellites did JCSAT 1B & Equator-S launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).