Designation | 23649 / 95043A |
Launch date | 29 Aug 1995 |
Country of origin | Japan |
Mission | Telecommunications |
Geostationary orbit | 128°E |
Launch vehicle | Atlas Centaur #94 |
Out of service | Feb 2007 |
Cause | Moved off GEO |
Prime contractor | Hughes |
Platform | HS-601 |
Mass at launch | |
Mass in orbit | 1841 kg |
Dimension | stowed: 2.8 x 3.8 x 4.9 m |
Solar array | 26.2 m span |
Stabilization | 3-axis |
DC power | 4600 W |
Design lifetime | 12 years |
Main transponders | 12 |
Backup transponders | |
Power | 34 W (SSPA) |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz |
Coverage | Asia & Australia |
EIRP max | 37 dBW |
Polarization | linear H/V |
Horizontal downlink | Transponder |
Vertical downlink |
C1 | 3.960 | |
3.980 | C2 | |
C3 | 4.000 | |
4.020 | C4 | |
C5 | 4.040 | |
4.060 | C6 | |
C7 | 4.080 | |
4.100 | C8 | |
C9 | 4.120 | |
4.140 | C10 | |
C11 | 4.160 | |
4.180 | C12 |
Main transponders | 28 |
Backup transponders | |
Power | 60 W (TWTA) |
Bandwidth |
16
transponders of 27 MHz 12 transponders of 36 MHz |
Coverage & EIRP max |
Japan:
55 dBW Eastern Asia, India & Australia: 43-35 dBW |
Polarization | Linear H/V |
Horizontal downlink | Transponder |
Vertical downlink | Bandwidth (MHz) |
K1 | 12.258 | 36 | |
12.288 | K2 | 36 | |
K3 | 12.308 | 36 | |
12.328 | K4 | 36 | |
K5 | 12.348 | 36 | |
12.368 | K6 | 36 | |
K7 | 12.388 | 36 | |
12.408 | K8 | 36 | |
K9 | 12.428 | 36 | |
12.448 | K10 | 36 | |
K11 | 12.468 | 36 | |
12.488 | K12 | 36 | |
K13 | 12.508 | 27 | |
12.523 | K14 | 27 | |
K15 | 12.538 | 27 | |
12.553 | K16 | 27 | |
K17 | 12.568 | 27 | |
12.583 | K18 | 27 | |
K19 | 12.598 | 27 | |
12.613 | K20 | 27 | |
K21 | 12.628 | 27 | |
12.643 | K22 | 27 | |
K23 | 12.658 | 27 | |
12.673 | K24 | 27 | |
K25 | 12.688 | 27 | |
12.703 | K26 | 27 | |
K27 | 12.718 | 27 | |
12.733 | K28 | 27 |