JCSAT-12 (JCSAT-RA)
Launch
Launched on Aug 21, 2009 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 & Optus D3 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-07 11:07 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings
Country
Japan
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin
Launched
Aug 21, 2009
Mass
—
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,788 km
Inclination
0.04°
Period
23.94 h
Summary from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 4.0)
JCSAT-RA, previously known as JCSAT-12, is a Japanese geostationary communications satellite, which is operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group.
Full article on Wikipedia →Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for JCSAT-12 (JCSAT-RA) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
+0.1 km
Rate
+0.00 km/day
Now
35788 × 35802 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
Launched with
One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2009-044 (Ariane 5 ECA | JCSAT-12 & Optus D3).
- OPTUS D3 · 35756
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