Saturday, July 9, 2011

JCSAT-4

 1997-007A


JCSAT 4 is an HS-601 satellite, for 124 E. By 2004 it was a backup spacecraft, JCSAT-R. It has four octagonal antennas and two solar panel wings. 12 C-band and 8 Ku-band/36 MHz,34W 16 Kuband /27MHz, 60W Control center Yokohama, backup station in Gunma. The satellite was built by HSCII Hughes Space and Comms Intl Inc, subsidiary of HSCS Hughes Space and Comms Co, unit of Hughes Electronics Corp.


JCSAT 4 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1997 Feb 17  0142:02  Launch by Atlas IIAS (AC-127) CC LC36B 
 0144:45  BECO T+2:43 
 0144:48  Booster sep T+2:46 
 0145:28  Fairing sep T+3:26 
  SECO 
 0146:57  Atlas sep T+4:55 
 0147:14  Centaur TIG1 T+5:12 
 0151:40  Centaur MECO1 T+9:38 155 x 374 x 28.0 (s)  
 0206:26  Centaur TIG2 T+24:24 
 0208:14  Centaur MECO2 T+26:12 224 x 94476 x 23.2  
 0211:55  Centaur sep T+29:53  
 0242:19  Centaur depletion  225 x 94483 x 23.2 
1997 Feb 16    2058.95 221 x 94244 x 23.5 
1997 Feb 19  0530?  LAM-1 over 124E at apogee 
1997 Feb 19    2473.56 14243 x 94173 x 6.3 
1997 Feb 22  1700?  LAM-2 over 53W at apogee 
1997 Feb 22    3148.37 34998 x 94559 x 1.4 
1997 Mar 2  1100? LAM-3 over 100W at perigee 
1997 Mar 2    1664.20 35777 x 44504 x 0.4 
1997 Mar 4  1500?  LAM-4 over 143E at perigee 
1997 Mar 4    1458.68 35784 x 36670 x 0.1 GEO 143.7E+5.5W 
1997 Mar 7    1436.12 35770 x 35803 x 0.1 GEO 140.3E 
1997 Apr 21    1436.36 35779 x 35804 x 0.1 GEO 139.9E 
1997 Apr   Move to 150E 
1997 May 5    1436.11 35783 x 35790 x 0.1 GEO 150.0E 
1997 Jul 25    1436.22 35778 x 35800 x 0.2 GEO 149.4E 
1998 Jan    GEO 150E 
1998 Mar 18    1436.14 35786 x 35789 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E 
1998 Apr 28    1436.16 35775 x 35800 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E 
1998 May   Replace JCSAT 1 GEO 124E 
1998 Jun 2    1436.22 35781 x 35796 x 0.0 GEO 124.0E 
1998 Aug 19    1436.15 35777 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 124.0E 
1999 Jun 14    1436.14 35783 x 35791 x 0.0 GEO 124.0E 
1999 Jun   Move to 127E 
1999 Jul 29    1436.13 35777 x 35797 x 0.0 GEO 127.0E 
1999 Oct 17    1436.10 35779 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 127.1E 
2005 Jan 16    1436.11 35781 x 35792 x 0.0 GEO 127.5E 
2005 Jan 17   mv out 
2005 Feb 2    1438.70 35834 x 35840 x 0.0 GEO 148.7E+0.6W/d 
2005   Moved to replace JCSAT 1R 
2006 Aug 1    1436.13 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E 
2009 Aug 19    1436.13 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 150.0E 
2009 Aug 31?  Move out 
2009 Aug??   Renamed Intelsat IS-26 
2009 Sep 1   move in at 127.5E 
2009 Sep 12    1436.11 35775 x 35798 x 1.7 GEO 127.5E 
2009 Dec 29    1436.18 35778 x 35798 x 2.0 GEO 127.4E 

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