▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	GEO
Inclination	0.0198°
Eccentricity	0.0000983
Period	1436.1 min
Apogee	35,791 km
Perigee	35,783 km
Mean motion	1.00269925 rev/day
RAAN	41.5076°
Arg of perigee	73.1913°
Mean anomaly	16.5553°
B*	0.0000e+0
Rev at epoch	3,627

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 41729U 16050A 26188.17266956 -.00000236 00000-0 00000-0 0 9994

2 41729 0.0198 41.5076 0000983 73.1913 16.5553 1.00269925 36277

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "JCSAT-16",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2016-050A",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T04:08:38.65+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 1.00269925,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0000983,
  "INCLINATION": 0.0198,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 41.5076,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 73.1913,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 16.5553,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 41729,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 3627,
  "BSTAR": 0,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": -0.00000236,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	JCSAT-16
Operator	Sky Perfect JSAT Corp.HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree SKY Perfect JSAT HoldingsMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Country	Japan
Launch date	Aug 14, 2016HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	4600HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims8

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.