The Journal of Space Commerce

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SKY Perfect JSAT Signs Contract With Airbus for Superbird-9

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Tom Patton
Apr 06, 2021
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SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, the main satellite operator in Japan, has selected Airbus to build Superbird-9, a fully digital in-orbit reconfigurable telecommunications satellite.

Our new Superbird-9 flexible satellite, which is planned to start its service in fiscal year 2024, has highly flexible digital technology on board with rich and variable Ku-ban…

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