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Designator id: 2009-044A

Description of JCSAT 12 Satellite:

JCSAT 12, a communications satellite for Japan, was launched on an Ariane 5 rocket from Kourou on 21 August 2009 at 22:09 UT. The 4,000 kg satellite carries 30 Ku-band and 12 C-band transponders serving Japan, the Asia-Pacific region, and Hawaii. The satellite will serve as a backup and will be renamed JCSAT R-A once it is operational. It has an expected life span of 15 years.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 2009-08-21
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Launch Site: Kourou, French Guiana

Funding Agencies:
Unknown (Japan)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 35755U 09044A   12335.19047003 -.00000336  00000-0  10000-3 0  6039
2 35755 000.0707 051.2400 0001771 178.9932 035.7476 01.00270784 12057

Last TLE update on :2012-11-30

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