Geostationary
JCSAT-16
Japanese Commercial Communications · Sky Perfect JSAT / Japan
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A Sky Perfect JSAT satellite positioned to provide redundancy and backup capacity for the Japanese broadcasting network. The reliability demanded by Japanese broadcasters and consumers is exceptionally high — NHK and commercial Japanese networks provide essentially zero-interruption broadcasting, requiring satellite capacity backup plans that JCSAT-16 helps support.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,240–22,244 mi (35,792–35,798 km)
- Inclination
- 0.0°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 41729
- Int’l designator
- 2016-050A
- Launched
- 2016
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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