Lockheed MartinAtlas IIASLaunch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
JCSAT 4A
Launched
February 16, 1999
Summary
JCSAT 4A launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas IIAS from Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on February 16, 1999. It was Lockheed Martin's 40th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,295th orbital launch attempt. It was the 15th Atlas IIAS flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO). JCSAT 4A, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 262 × 96,709 km orbit inclined 24.2°. 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 · Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
- Milestone
- 15th Atlas IIAS flight · 1st this yearLockheed Martin's 40th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,295th orbital launch attempt6th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
JCSAT 4A · NORAD 25630 · 1999-006 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- JCSAT 06
- Object ID
- 1999-006A
- Epoch
- 1999-02-16 04:49:38 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.67571049 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.8790894
- Inclination
- 24.225°
- Ascending node
- 353.2443°
- Arg. of perigee
- 182.6184°
- Mean anomaly
- 26.0399°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 1
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- JCSAT 4A · NORAD 25630 · in orbit
Centaur AC-152 · re-entered March 17, 1999
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
Japanese domestic communications
Pad
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
54th launch from Launch Complex 36A, 1st this year · 560th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
71 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
118 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did JCSAT 4A launch?
JCSAT 4A launched on February 16, 1999. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch JCSAT 4A?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched JCSAT 4A?
Atlas IIAS, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas IIAS spec sheet
Where did JCSAT 4A launch from?
Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did JCSAT 4A reach?
JCSAT 4A, one of 2 catalogued objects, reached a 262 × 96,709 km orbit inclined 24.2°.
How many satellites did JCSAT 4A launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).