Superbird-9
Appearance
Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | SKY Perfect JSAT |
Website | https://www.spacex.com/ |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Superbird-9 |
Spacecraft type | Superbird |
Bus | OneSat |
Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 2027 (planned)[1] |
Rocket | Starship[2] |
Contractor | SpaceX |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Transponders | |
Band | Ku-band, Ka-band |
Coverage area | Japan, East Asia |
Superbird-9, will be a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. Superbird-9 will be based on Airbus's reconfigurable payload satellite bus OneSat, which can steer and reassign beams for different customers and services. It will be offering Ku-band and Ka-band communication services to the Japanese market.[3] SKY Perfect JSAT, the main satellite operator in Japan, has selected Airbus to build Superbird-9[4] and contracted SpaceX to launch it on Starship.
See also
[edit]- SKY PerfecTV! – Satellite TV division of the same owner corporation and major user of Superbird
References
[edit]- ^ "スカパーJSATHD、1Q決算は堅調な宇宙事業とメディア事業のコストコントロールが寄与し増収増益" [SKY Perfect JSATHD's 1Q financial results show higher sales and profits thanks to cost controls in the space business and media business]. Minkabu (in Japanese). 4 August 2023. Retrieved 10 August 2023.
- ^ "SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX | SKY Perfect JSAT HD".
- ^ "Sky Perfect JSAT orders first Airbus satellite". SpaceNews. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
- ^ "SKY Perfect JSAT signs Airbus to build Superbird-9 telecom satellite". asianaviation.com. Asian Aviation. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.