JCSAT-2B
| Names | JCSAT-14 |
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| Mission type | Communication |
| Operator | SKY Perfect JSAT Group |
| COSPAR ID | JCSAT-14 |
| SATCAT no. | 41471 |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | JCSAT-14 |
| Bus | SSL 1300 |
| Manufacturer | SSL |
| Launch mass | 4,696.2 kg (10,353 lb) |
| Dry mass | 2,194.2 kg (4,837 lb) |
| Dimensions | 25.5 m (84 ft) (solar arrays span) |
| Power | 9.9 kW |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 05:21:00, May 6, 2016 |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 Full Thrust |
| Launch site | Cape Canaveral SLC-40 |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Longitude | 154°East |
| Transponders | |
| Band | 26 C band and 18 Ku band |
| Bandwidth | 2,853 MHz |
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JCSAT-2B, known as JCSAT-14 before commissioning, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group and designed and manufactured by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform. It had a launch weight of 4,696.2 kg (10,353 lb), a power production capacity of 9 to 9.9 kW at end of life and a 15-year design life. Its payload is composed of 26 C band and 18 Ku band transponders with a total bandwidth of 2,853 MHz.
SKY Perfect JSAT Group will use JCSAT-2B as a replacement for JCSAT-2A to provide communications services to Japan, Asia, Russia, Oceania, and the Pacific Islands.
On June 11, 2013, SSL announced that it had been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT Group to manufacture JCSAT-14. It would be a 10 kW satellite with 26 C band and 18 Ku band transponders with a 15 years of expected life. It was scheduled for launch in 2015.
On January 10, 2014, JSAT announced that it had signed a launch service contract with SpaceX for the launch of JCSAT-14 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket. The expected launch date was the second half of 2015. But the failure of Falcon 9 Flight 19 meant a delay of at least six months on the launch.
On March 14, 2016 SSL delivered JCSAT-14 to the launch site, at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, for launch processing and integration. JCSAT-14 was launched on May 6, 2016 at 05:21 UTC by a Falcon 9 rocket. The next day, SSL announced that the satellite had deployed the solar arrays, was in full control and was performing orbital maneuvers to reach its operational position.
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