JCSat 8 (JCSat 2A)

JCSat 8 [Boeing BSS]

Boeing Satellite Systems (BSS) and JSAT signed an agreement in April 2000 for a Boeing BSS-601 model satellite. Known as JCSAT-8, the spacecraft is the seventh satellite ordered by JSAT from BSS.

JCSAT-8 replaces JCSAT-2 at the orbital slot of 154 degrees East longitude. This will enable the new satellite to provide coverage to Japan, East Asia, Australia and Hawaii. The satellite was launched on March 28, 2002 aboard an Ariane 4 rocket.

JCSAT-8 carries 16 Ku-band transponders, each with 120 watts provided by traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs), and 16 C-band transponders, each with 34 watts provided by solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs).

Like all BSS-601s, the new satellite consists of a cube-shaped center payload section, with the solar panel wings extending from the north and south sides, and an antenna array.

After becoming operational, the satellite is refered by the designator JCSat 2A.

Nation:	Japan
Type / Application:	Communication
Operator:	JSAT Corporation
Contractors:	Boeing
Equipment:	16 C-band, 16 Ku-band transponders
Configuration:	BSS-601
Propulsion:	?
Lifetime:	11 years
Mass:	2460 kg
Orbit:	GEO

Satellite	Date	LS		Launcher	Remarks:
JCSat 8 (JCSat 2A)	29.03.2002	Ko ELA-2		Ariane-44L H10-3	with Astra 3A

Further JCSat missions:

JCSat 1, 2 (HS-393)
JCSat 3, 4 (HS-601)
JCSat 5, 6 (HS-601)
JCSat 8 (BSS-601)
JCSat 9 (A2100AXS)
JCSat 10, 11, 12 (A2100AXS)
JCSat 13 (A2100AXS)
JCSat 110 (N-Sat 110) (A2100AX)
JCSat 110R (BSat 3c) (A2100A)

Source: Boeing Satellite Systems website