| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Intelsat 26 (JCSat R, JCSAT-4, Japan Communications Satellite 4) |
| Country of Operator/Owner | USA |
| Operator/Owner | Intelsat, Ltd. |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 50 |
| Perigee (km) | 35779 |
| Apogee (km) | 35794 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000177908507584833 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.02 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.1 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 3124 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 1841 |
| Power (watts) | 5200 |
| Date of Launch | 16-02-1997 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Boeing Satellite Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Atlas 2AS |
| COSPAR Number | 1997-007A |
| NORAD Number | 24732 |
| Comments | Backup for JCSAT-3; 12 C-band, 12 Ku-band; relay voice, data, television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, India; via C-band to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii. Digital TV. Sold to Intelsat in 2010. |