Superbird-9

Superbird-9
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorSKY Perfect JSAT
Websitehttps://www.spacex.com/
Mission duration15 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSuperbird-9
Spacecraft typeSuperbird
BusOneSat
ManufacturerAirbus Defence and Space
Start of mission
Launch date2027 (planned)[1]
RocketStarship[2]
ContractorSpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit (planned)
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Transponders
BandKu-band, Ka-band
Coverage areaJapan, 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.

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX | SKY Perfect JSAT HD".
  3. ^ "Sky Perfect JSAT orders first Airbus satellite". SpaceNews. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  4. ^ "SKY Perfect JSAT signs Airbus to build Superbird-9 telecom satellite". asianaviation.com. Asian Aviation. 28 March 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2021.