Geostationary
JCSAT-3A
Japanese / Pacific Commercial Communications · Sky Perfect JSAT / Japan
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Sky Perfect JSAT's commercial satellite serving Southeast Asian and Pacific markets alongside Japan. JCSAT-3A's C-band coverage extends across the Pacific to provide communications for Japanese companies, fishing fleets, and maritime operators across some of the most remote ocean geography on Earth — the vast Pacific where no terrestrial communication is possible.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,247 mi (35,786–35,803 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 29272
- Int’l designator
- 2006-033A
- Launched
- 2006
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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