JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

00:10:00

Tuesday December 17, 2019

Watch Replay

Official Livestream

Mission Details

JCSAT-18 / Kacific-1

The satellite, owned and operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Kacific Broadband Satellites, has two distinct payloads. The JCSAT-18 payload will improve mobile and broadband services for SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation customers in Asia Pacific including Far East Russia. The Kacific-1 payload for Kacific Broadband Satellites will provide high-speed Ka-band satellite broadband internet to more than 20 countries in South East Asia and the Pacific.

Geostationary Transfer Orbit

1 Payload

6,956 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Falcon 9 Block 5

Active Since 2018

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Agency

SpaceX

Price

$69.75 million

Rocket

Diameter: 3.7m

Height: 70m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 22,800 kg

GTO: 8,300 kg

Liftoff Thrust

7,607 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.2m

Height: 13m

Stages

2

Launch Site

SLC-40

Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Fastest Turnaround

2 days 8 hours

Stats

Falcon 9


78th

Mission

11th

Mission of 2019

SpaceX


86th

Mission

13th

Mission of 2019

2019


96th

Orbital launch attempt