JCSAT-2A

JCSAT-8 → JCSAT-2A
Names

JCSAT-8 (Apr 2000 to Mar 2002)

JCSAT-2A (Mar 2002 onward)
Mission type Communication
Operator SKY Perfect JSAT Group
COSPAR ID 2002-015A[1]
SATCAT no. 27399[2]
Website JSAT Official Page
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft JCSAT-8
Bus HS-601
Manufacturer Hughes
Launch mass 2,460 kg (5,420 lb)
Dimensions 21 m × 7.6 m × 4.6 m (69 ft × 25 ft × 15 ft) with solar panels and antennas deployed.
Power 3.7 kW
Start of mission
Launch date 01:29:00, March 29, 2002 (2002-03-29T01:29:00)[1]
Rocket Ariane 44L
Launch site GSC ELA-2
Contractor Arianespace
Orbital parameters
Regime GEO
Longitude 154°East
Transponders
Band Ku band: 16 × 57 Mhz
C band: 11 × 36 MHz + 5 × 54 MHz
Bandwidth 1,578 MHz
TWTA power Ku band 120 W
C band 34 W

JCSAT-2A, known as JCSAT-8 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JSAT) which was designed and manufactured by Boeing on the BSS-601 platform. It has Ku band and C band payload and was used to replace JCSAT-2 at the 154°East longitude. It covers Japan, East Asia, Australia and Hawaii.[3][2][4]

Satellite description

The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Boeing on the BSS-601 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 2,460 kg (5,420 lb) a power production of 3.7 kW and a 11-year design life.[3] Stowed for launch it measured 3.6 m × 2.7 m × 4.3 m (11.8 ft × 8.9 ft × 14.1 ft), with its solar panels and antennas deployed it measured 21 m × 4.3 m × 7.6 m (69 ft × 14 ft × 25 ft).[4][5]

Its payload is composed of sixteen 57 MHz Ku band plus eleven 36 MHz and five 54 MHz C band transponders, for a total bandwidth of 1,578 MHz.[6] Its high power amplifiers had an output power of 120 Watts on Ku band and 34 Watts on C band.[4][5]

The Ku band footprint covers only Japan, while the C band beams cover Japan, East Asia, Australia and Hawaii.[4]

History

In April 2000, JSAT ordered JCSAT-8 from Boeing (which had acquired the HS-601 business from Hughes), to replace JCSAT-2 at the 154° East slot. It would provide coverage to Japan, East Asia, Australia and Hawaii.[3]

An Ariane 44L successfully launched JCSAT-8 on March 29, 2002 at 01:29  UTC from Guiana Space Centre. Once successfully deployed, it was renamed JCSAT-2A.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "JCSAT 8". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  2. 1 2 "JCSat 2A (JCSat 8)". Satbeams. Retrieved 26 July 2016.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2016-04-21). "JCSat 8 (JCSat 2A)". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "JCSAT-2A". SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Retrieved August 9, 2016.
  5. 1 2 "Launch Kit V-149" (PDF) (in French). Arianespace. March 18, 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2004-04-11. Retrieved 2016-09-08.
  6. "Who we are" (PDF). SSKY Perfect JSAT Group. 2012-08-03. Retrieved 2016-08-02.
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