JCSat-18 / Kacific-1

Launch data: Designation  44868 / 19091A Launch date  17 Dec 2019 - 00:10 UTC Launch site  CC, SLC-40 Launch vehicle  Falcon-9 v1.2 Mission  Communication Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35785 x 35803 km Inclination  0.0° Period  1436.1 min

Spacecraft data:

Description:

• JCSat 18 / Kacific 1 is a joint high-throughput communication satellite of Kacific Broadband Satellites Pte Ltd, Singapore, and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, Japan, to be operated in Ka-band for mobile telephone, data and internet users throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
• The Kacific 1 payload is designed to deliver uncontended broadband throughput via 56 Ka-band narrow beams, each having a capacity up to 1.25 Gbps, with the highest signal power ever achieved in the region. The beams are selectively tailored to cover precise pockets of demand in a geographically dispersed footprint of 20 Pacific and South East Asian nations. Strategic positioning of the beams has enabled Kacific to sell capacity in 51 out of 56 beams so far, through take-or-pay contracts, with most beams exceeding 70 percent firm capacity bookings and several being almost saturated.

Mission details:

• On Dec 17, 2019 SpaceX launched a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral. The first stage landed on the OCISLY droneshop.
  The second stage placed the JCSAT-18/Kacific-1 satellite in a subsynchronous transfer orbit. The satellite is jointly owned by Sky Perfect JSAT of Tokyo, which operates its Ku-band payload, and Kacific Broadband Satellite of Singapore, which has a Ka-band payload aboard.

External links:

• Satellite tracking (n2ya.com): Real time satellite tracking