Geostationary
JCSAT-17
Japanese Commercial Communications · Sky Perfect JSAT / Japan
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Sky Perfect JSAT's commercial satellite expanding capacity for Japan's growing broadband satellite market. JCSAT-17 provides Ka-band and Ku-band services for both Japanese domestic customers and regional Asia-Pacific markets. Japan's commercial satellite operators have benefited from the country's technology leadership while facing growing competition from global operators and low-Earth orbit broadband constellations.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,230–22,254 mi (35,776–35,814 km)
- Inclination
- 5.4°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 45245
- Int’l designator
- 2020-013A
- Launched
- 2020
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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