JCSAT-2

JCSAT-2
Mission type Communication
Operator JSAT Corporation
COSPAR ID 1990-001B[1]
SATCAT № 20402
Spacecraft properties
Spacecraft JCSAT-2
Bus HS-393
Manufacturer Hughes
Launch mass 2,280 kg (5,030 lb)
BOL mass 1,364 kg (3,007 lb)
Dimensions 3.7 m × 10 m × 2.3 m (12.1 ft × 32.8 ft × 7.5 ft) with solar panels and antennas deployed.
Power 2.2 kW
Start of mission
Launch date 00:07:00, January 1, 1990 (1990-01-01T00:07:00)[2]
Rocket Commercial Titan III
Launch site Cape Canaveral LC-40
Contractor Martin Marietta
End of mission
Disposal placed in a graveyard orbit
Deactivated 2002[3]
Orbital parameters
Reference system Geocentric
Regime Inclined geosynchronous
Semi-major axis 42657  km
Perigee 36,021.0 km
Apogee 36,552.2 km
Inclination 12.7°
Period 1,461.3 minutes
Epoch 00:00:00 2016-08-16[4]
Transponders
Band Ku band: 32 × 27 Mhz[5]
Bandwidth 864 MHz
TWTA power 20 Watts
JSAT
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JCSAT-2 was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Hughes (now Boeing) on the HS-393 platform. It was originally ordered by Japan Communications Satellite Company (JCSAT), which later merged into the JSAT Corporation. It had a Ku band payload and operated on the 154°E longitude until it was replaced by JCSAT-2A.[5]

Satellite description

The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Hughes on the HS-393 satellite bus. It had a launch mass of 2,280 kg (5,030 lb), a mass of 1,364 kg (3,007 lb) after reaching geostationary orbit and an 8-year design life. When stowed for launch, its dimensions were 3.4 m (11 ft) long and 3.7 m (12 ft) in diameter.[6] With its solar panels fully extended it spanned 10 m (33 ft).[5] Its power system generated approximately 2,350 Watts of power thanks to two cylindrical solar panels.[5] It also had a two 38Ah NiH2 batteries.[5] It would serve as the main satellite on the 150°E longitude position of the JSAT fleet.[5]

Its propulsion system was composed of two R-4D LAE with a thrust of 490 N (110 lbf). It also used two axial and four radial 22 N (4.9 lbf) bipropellant thrusters for station keeping and attitude control.[6] It included enough propellant for orbit circularization and 8 years of operation.[5]

Its payload was composed of a 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in) antenna fed by thirty-two 27 MHz Ku band transponders for a total bandwidth of 864 MHz.[5] The Ku band transponders had a TWTA output power of 20 Watts.[5]

History

With the opening of the Japanese satellite communications market to private investment, Japan Communications Satellite Company (JCSAT) was founded in 1985.[7][8] On June of the same year, JCSAT awarded an order to Hughes Space and Communications for two identical satellites, JCSAT-1 and JCSAT-2, based on the spin-stabilized HS-393 satellite bus.[5]

JCSAT-2 was successfully launched aboard a Commercial Titan III along Skynet 4A on January 1, 1990 at 00:07 UTC.[1][5]

Originally expected to be retired in 2000, it was finally sent to a graveyard orbit on 2002.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "JCSAT 2". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  2. ↑ "JCSAT 2". NASA Space Science Data Coordinated Archive. 27 April 2016. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
  3. 1 2 Yanagisawa, Toshifumi (2016-03-09). "Lightcurve observations of LEO objects in JAXA" (PDF). JAXA. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  4. ↑ "JCSAT 2". n2yo.com. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Krebs, Gunter Dirk (2016-04-21). "JCSat 1, 2". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  6. 1 2 "JCSAT 1,2". Boeing Satellite Development Center. Archived from the original on 2010-02-07. Retrieved 2016-08-16.
  7. ↑ "History". SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
  8. ↑ "JCSAT". Global Security. Retrieved 2016-08-04.
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