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SuccessJCSAT 3 · Lockheed Martin
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Aug 29, 1995, 00:53 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Aug 29, 1995, 00:53 UTC – Tuesday, Aug 29, 1995, 00:53 UTC
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Rocket
Launch pad
Launch Complex 36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
JCSAT 3
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Foreseeing the growth of the communications business, Japan Satellite Systems, Inc., (JSAT) of Tokyo signed a contract in October 1993 for a Hughes HS-601 satellite from Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc. The satellite, JCSAT-3, was designed to relay voice, data, and television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and India; and via C-band to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii.
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