The fully reusable Starship could launch as soon as next month.
Another private customer has signed up to use SpaceX’s fully reusable Starship rocket. Sky Perfect JSat penned a contract with SpaceX to launch its Superbird-9 communications satellite to geosynchronous transfer orbit in 2024, the company announced in a press release.
The Tokyo-based firm revealed little about the specifics of the deal. However, according to Sky Perfect JSAT, Superbird-9 is a high-throughput satellite that “will deliver broadcast and broadband missions in Ku band primarily over Japan and Eastern Asia, in response to mobility and broadband demands.”
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This is the SKY Perfect JSAT Group SKY Perfect JSAT signed Launch Service Contract for Superbird-9 satellite with SpaceX page. SKY Perfect JSAT Group commands the largest communication satellite business in Asia and is the only in Japan to offer the multichannel pay TV broadcast service SKY PerfecTV!
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