Superbird-C2

Superbird-C2
NamesSuperbird-7
Mission typeCommunications
OperatorJSAT
COSPAR ID2008-038A Edit this at Wikidata
SATCAT no.33274
Mission duration15 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftSuperbird-7
Spacecraft typeSuperbird
BusDS2000
ManufacturerMitsubishi Electric
Launch mass4,820 kg (10,630 lb)
Dry mass2,018 kg (4,449 lb)
Start of mission
Launch date14 August 2008, 20:44 UTC
RocketAriane 5 ECA (V185)
Launch siteCentre Spatial Guyanais, ELA-3
ContractorArianespace
Entered service17 October 2008
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGeocentric orbit
RegimeGeostationary orbit
Longitude144° East
Transponders
Band20 Ku-band × 27 MHz + 8 Ku-band × 36 MHz [1]
Bandwidth828 MHz
Coverage areaJapan, East Asia, Pacific Ocean
TWTA power100 watts [2]

Superbird-C2, known as Superbird-7 before launch, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by JSAT Corporation and designed and manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric (MELCO) on the DS2000 satellite bus.[3][4] It had a launch weight of 4,820 kg (10,630 lb), a 15-year design life and was the first commercial communications satellite built in Japan.[3] Its payload is composed of 28 Ku-band transponders with a total bandwidth of 828 MHz.[1]

It was originally ordered by Space Communications Corporation (SCC), owned by the Mitsubishi Group keiretsu, also the parent company of MELCO, but it was later merged and absorbed by JSAT Corporation. By the time of the actual launch it was a fully used Superbird-C2 as a replacement for Superbird-C to provide communications services to Japan, East Asia and the Pacific Ocean.[1]

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