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Designator id: 1997-007A

Description of INTELSAT 26 (JCSAT 4 Satellite:

The Japanese Communications Satellite 4 (JCSAT 4) was launched to relay voice, data and television signals to Japan, with multiple beams for international coverage west to India, south to Australia and New Zealand, and east to Hawaii. JCSAT-4 carried four octagonal communications antennas and two wings with four solar panels each. The payload consisted of 12 active C-band transponders and 28 active Ku-band transponders with an expected lifetime of at least 12 years. It was launched as a replacement for JCSAT 1 after a small fuel leak rendered it inoperable.

Technical data:
Launch Date: 1997-02-18
Launch Vehicle: Atlas 2AS
Launch Site: Cape Canaveral, United States
Nominal Power: 5000.0 W
Funding Agencies:
Japan Satellite Systems, Inc. (Japan)

Disciplines:
Communications

Source: Nasa

Two Line Element Set (TLE):

1 24732U 97007A   12338.87042359  .00000121  00000-0  10000-3 0  3000
2 24732 004.4657 064.6565 0003701 177.8603 194.2159 01.00273590 57764

Last TLE update on :2012-12-04

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