JCSAT 3 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
29 Aug 1995, 12:53am
UTC
Pad
Launch Complex 36B
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
JCSAT 3
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:58pm UTC
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