WORLD WIDE WEB — On September 6th at 04:43 Baikonur time (or September 5th at 18:43 EDT), JCSAT-11 will be hoisted into space by a four-burn ILS Proton M/Breeze M rocket from Launch Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, carrying a Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems built satellite.

The Proton’s first three stages will use a standard ascent trajectory to place the fourth stage, with satellite, into a suborbital trajectory. Then, a burn into a circular reference (or, parking) orbit of 192 km (119.3 miles) with an inclination of 51.5 degrees will follow. Additional burns of the Breeze M will then propel the satellite into its transfer orbit, with perigee, lower inclination and circularization of the orbit performed through a series of liquid apogee engine burns after the JCSAT-11 separates from the Breeze M, occurring approximately 6 hours and 56 minutes after liftoff. The geostationary altitude will be 35,786 km (22,236 miles).

The JCSAT-11 packs 30 active Ku-band and 12 active C-band transponders and has a service life expectation of 15 years. International Launch Services (ILS) is providing launch services.

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