Superbird-A

Superbird-A
NamesSuperbird-1
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorSpace Communications Corporation
COSPAR ID1989-041A [1]
SATCAT no.20040
Mission duration10 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSuperbird-A
Spacecraft typeSuperbird
BusSSL 1300
ManufacturerFord Aerospace
Launch mass2,489 kg (5,487 lb)
DimensionsStowed: 2.41 m × 2.58 m × 2.20 m (7 ft 11 in × 8 ft 6 in × 7 ft 3 in)
Solar panels extended: 20.3 m (67 ft)
Power4 kW
Start of mission
Launch date5 June 1989, 22:37:18 UTC[2]
RocketAriane-44L H10
Launch siteCentre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-2
ContractorArianespace
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit[3]
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude158° East
Transponders
Band23 Ku-band
3 Ka-band
2 X-band
Coverage areaJapan

Superbird-A, also identified as Superbird-1 before launch, was a geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Ford Aerospace) on the SSL 1300 satellite bus. It was originally ordered by Space Communications Corporation (SCC), which later merged into the SKY Perfect JSAT Group.[4] It had a mixed Ku-band, Ka-band and X-band payload and operated on the 158° East longitude.[5][1]

It was ordered in 1985 along Superbird-B, Superbird-A1 and Superbird-B1 on the first order of the SSL 1300 platform.[6][7][8][5] It was also the first satellite of SCC and the second commercial satellite of Japan after JCSAT-1.[5] It was used for video distribution, news gathering, remote publishing and high definition TV service to the main islands of Japan and Okinawa.[1]

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