SKY Perfect JSAT to Launch Superbird-9 Comsat on SpaceX Starship
Sky Perfect JSAT signed a contract with SpaceX to become one of the first organizations to launch hardware on heavy-duty Starship.
It will launch the broadcast and broadband satellite Superbird-9 in early 2024.
Sky Perfect JSAT provides multi-channel subscription TV broadcasting services and communications to the Japanese market primarily through its 16 existing satellites
It will maneuver into a geosynchronous orbit once it is launched
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has indicated that the Starship will be able to launch more satellites than the Falcon 9 or Falcon Heavy Can and, possibly, even larger satellites.
Once the Starship becomes operational, SpaceX plans to use it for a variety of applications
which range from rapid point-to-point transport to Earth to travel to Mars
It already has a contract with the Air Force to study the potential use of starships for point-to-point transportation of urgently needed cargo.