Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
JCSAT 3
Launched
August 29, 1995
Summary
JCSAT 3 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on August 29, 1995. It was Lockheed Martin's 13th launch, 6th this year and humanity's 4,009th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Atlas IIAS flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). JCSAT 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 256 × 80,690 km orbit inclined 23.2°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas IIAS · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Atlas IIAS flight · 3rd this yearLockheed Martin's 13th launch6th this yearhumanity's 4,009th orbital launch attempt48th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
JCSAT 3 · NORAD 23649 · 1995-043 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- JCSAT 3
- Object ID
- 1995-043A
- Epoch
- 1995-08-29 15:29:52 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.85630217 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8585379
- Inclination
- 23.1518°
- Ascending node
- 170.7515°
- Arg. of perigee
- 179.6978°
- Mean anomaly
- 182.0424°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 6
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- JCSAT 3 · NORAD 23649 · in orbit
Centaur AC-117 · re-entered February 12, 1996
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
52nd launch from Launch Complex 36B, 4th this year · 501st from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
76 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
97 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did JCSAT 3 launch?
JCSAT 3 launched on August 29, 1995. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JCSAT 3?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched JCSAT 3?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did JCSAT 3 launch from?
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did JCSAT 3 reach?
JCSAT 3, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 256 × 80,690 km orbit inclined 23.2°.
How many satellites did JCSAT 3 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).