Launch Overview
Vehicle
Atlas IIAS
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Site / Pad
CC / LC36B
Outcome
Success
Flight
AC-117
COSPAR Designator
1995-043
Mission
JCSAT 3 (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Atlas IIAS
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Agency launches
13 (6 YTD)
Site launches
501 (11 YTD)
Pad launches
52 (4 YTD)