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SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract
for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX

Aug 18, 2022

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President: Eiichi Yonekura) today announces that SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer; Eiichi Yonekura, hereinafter “SKY Perfect JSAT”) has selected SpaceX’s Starship for launch of its Superbird-9 communications satellite.

Superbird-9 is a fully flexible HTS (High Throughput Satellites) mounted the payload missions to be configured and combined to match end-user needs. It will deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands. Superbird-9 will be launched by SpaceX’s Starship launch vehicle in 2024 to geosynchronous transfer orbit. SpaceX’s Starship is a fully reusable transportation system that will be the world’s most powerful launch vehicle.

SKY Perfect JSAT and SpaceX will continue to work together ahead of the launch of Superbird-9 Satellite.

(Reference) Superbird-9 Satellite

Satellite Bus

OneSat manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space

Satellite Specification

Frequency bands :       Ku and Ka
Coverage :                   Japan and Eastern Asia
Scheduled start of operation:  FY2025
Service Life:                15 years or more

Related Links

・March 25, 2021 Release
 SKY Perfect JSAT signs contract with Airbus to build Superbird-9 telecommunications satellites
 https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/en/news/detail/sky_perfect_jsat_signs_contract_with_airbus_to_build_superbird-9_telecommunications_satellite.html
・Introduction Movie of Superbird-9
 https://www.youtube.com/embed/Assn1R-8lqY

About SKY Perfect JSAT
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation is Asia’s largest satellite operator with a fleet of 16 satellites, and Japan’s only provider of both multi-channel pay TV broadcasting and satellite communications services. SKY Perfect JSAT delivers a broad range of entertainment through the “SKY PerfecTV! platform, the most extensive in Japan with a total of approximately 3 million subscribers. SKY Perfect JSAT’s satellite communications services, which cover Asia, Indian Ocean, Russia, Middle East, Pacific Ocean and North America, play a vital role in supporting communications infrastructures for mobile backhaul, government, aviation, maritime, oil & gas and disaster recovery. For more information, visit our corporate website (https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/en/) and Space Business website (https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/jsat/en/).