JCSAT-3A
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| name = JCSAT-10 → JCSAT-3A
| names_list = JCSAT-10 (Apr 2004 to Aug 2006)
JCSAT-3A (Aug 2006 onward)
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| mission_type = Communication
| operator = SKY Perfect JSAT Group
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| SATCAT = 29272
| website = http://www.jsat.net/en/contour/jcsat-3a.html
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| spacecraft = JCSAT-10
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| spacecraft_bus = A2100AX
| manufacturer = Lockheed Martin
| launch_mass = {{convert|4048|kg|abbr=on}}
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| dimensions = {{convert|27|x|9|m|abbr=on}} with solar panels and antennas deployed.
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| launch_date = {{start date|2006|08|11|22|14|00|7=Z}}
| launch_rocket = Ariane 5 ECA
| launch_contractor = Arianespace
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| orbit_regime = GEO
| orbit_longitude = 128°East
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| trans_band = 18 × 27 Mhz and 12 × 36 MHz Ku band
12 × 36 MHz C band
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| trans_bandwidth = 1,350 MHz
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| trans_TWTA = Ku band 127 W
C band 48 W
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| programme = JSAT
| previous_mission = JCSAT-5A
| next_mission = JCSAT-11
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JCSAT-3A, known as JCSAT-10 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group (JSAT) which was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100 platform.
Satellite description
The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100AX satellite bus. It had a launch mass of {{convert|4048|kg|abbr=on}} and a 15-year design life. It would provide communications services throughout Japan and Asia. As most satellites based on the A2100 platform, it uses a {{convert|460|N|abbr=on}} LEROS-1C LAE for orbit raising. Its solar panels span {{convert|26.9|m|abbr=on}} when fully deployed and, with its antennas in fully extended configuration it is {{convert|8.6|m|abbr=on}} wide.
Its payload is composed of eighteen 27 MHz and twelve 36 MHz Ku band plus twelve C band transponders, for a total bandwidth of 1,350 MHz. Its high-power amplifiers had an output power of 127 Watts on Ku band and 48 Watts on C band.
History
On April 20, 2004, JSAT ordered a satellite from Lockheed Martin, JCSAT-10. Based on the A2100AX platform, it would have a C band and Ku band payload and was expected to occupy the 128°East slot after its planned 2006 launch.
On August 11, 2006, an Ariane 5 ECA launched JCSAT-10 along Syracuse-3B into a transfer orbit. Upon successful deployment at 128°East longitude, it was renamed JCSAT-3A.
References
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{{cite web |url=http://www.icaa.eu/lockheed-martin/2004/04/20/jsat-corporation-awards-lockheed-martin-contract-second-a2100-satellite/ |title=JSAT Corporation Awards Lockheed Martin Contract For Second A2100 Satellite |publisher=Lockheed Martin Space Systems |website=Icaa.eu |date=April 20, 2004 |access-date=2016-08-05}}
{{cite web |url=http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/load_pdf.php?pTb=t_annual_&pRi=30&pJe=1 |title=Who we are |publisher=SSKY Perfect JSAT Group |date=2012-08-03 |format=PDF |access-date=2016-08-02 |archive-date=2016-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160908161227/http://www.skyperfectjsat.co.jp/load_pdf.php?pTb=t_annual_&pRi=30&pJe=1 |url-status=dead }}
{{cite web |url=http://www.jsat.net/en/contour/jcsat-3a.html |title=JCSAT-3A |publisher=SKY Perfect JSAT Group |access-date=August 9, 2016 |archive-date=September 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929155851/http://www.jsat.net/en/contour/jcsat-3a.html |url-status=dead }}
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