Thursday, August 18, 2022

SKY Perfect JSAT signs SpaceX’s Starship

SKY Perfect JSAT selected SpaceX’s Starship for launch of its Superbird-9 communications satellite in 2024 to geosynchronous transfer orbit.

This is the first publically-announced commercial launch contract for the upcoming Starship rocket.

Superbird-9 will deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia. 

https://www.skyperfectjsat.space/en/news/detail/sky_perfect_jsat_signed_launch_service_contract_for_superbird-9_satellite_with_spacex.html

  • In 2021, SKY Perfect JSAT signed Airbus for the Superbird-9 satellite.