BSat-3C/JCSAT 110-R

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Japanese spacecraft n°: 170

Launch data: Designation  37776 / 11041B Launch date  06 Aug 2011 - 22:52 UT Launch site  Ko, ELA-3 Launch vehicle  Ariane-5ECA (L560) Mission  Commercial: Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35784 x 35787 km Eccentricity  3.56E-05 Inclination  0.05 deg Period  1436.04 min

Spacecraft data: Prime manufactor  Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems Platform  A2100A Operator  Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) Mass at launch  2910 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  12 Ku-band transponders, 12 Ku-band transponders Solar array  2 deployable solar arrays Stabilization   Propulsion  LEROS-1C DC power   Design lifetime  15 yrs - still active

Satellite ready to launch

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Mission details:

• Arianespace launched the Astra 1N and BSAT 3c satellites on Aug 6, 2011. BSat-3c is a Lockheed Martin A2100A for Japan's Broadcast Satellite Systems Corp (B-SAT); it is jointly owned by Sky Perfect JSAT Corp., who have a telecoms payload on board that will be operated as JCSAT-110R.
• The launch vehicle was an Ariane 5ECA model, serial number L560. The EPC core stage flew a -1029 x 188 km x 6.8 deg trajectory, and the ESC-A stage then flew to a geostationary transfer orbit of 266 x 35725 km x 2.0 deg. On Aug 12 BSat-3c was in a 33917 x 35734 km x 0.0 deg orbit.