SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (SKPJF,9412.T,SKPJY), a Japanese satellite communication and multi-channel pay TV company, on Monday announced that its unit SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has signed launch contracts with SpaceX for its next-generation communications satellites JSAT-31 and JSAT-32.
JSAT-31 is built on Thales Alenia Space's Space INSPIRE platform and is scheduled to launch in 2028.
JSAT-31 will serve Japan, Southeast Asia, Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific Islands with Ku- and Ka-band capabilities.
The agreement adds to the previously contracted Superbird-9 and three satellites are scheduled to launch one after another beginning in 2027.
The company said JSAT-31 and Superbird-9 are fully flexible satellites equipped with digital payloads that allow dynamic, in-orbit adjustments to coverage and capacity.
The introduction of JSAT-32 will significantly expand Ka-band capacity, effectively doubling the total communications capacity currently provided by the company's fleet of 17 geostationary satellites.
SKY Perfect JSAT is 1.08% higher at JPY 2,059 on the Tokyo Stock Exchange.
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