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JCSAT-16 is planned to be a communication satellite for SKY Perfect JSAT. The 8.5-kW satellite will operate in Ku- and Ka-bands and is equipped with switching for flexibility. JCSAT-16 will enhance SKY Perfect JSAT’s fleet capacity and strengthen the services provided to various regions.JCSAT is schedule for a life time of 15 years.
Permanently scrapped.
Limiting rule: No flight through a thick (>4500 ft) cloud layer extending across the freezing level.
max-top 7900 m, mean 5507 m, 100% cover, freezing 5054 m · max cloud-top 7900 m above freezing 5054 m (100% cover in 10 nmi) · no GLM flashes within 25 nmi / 30 min, likely cirrus / stratiform ice rather than cumulus