SKY Perfect JSAT Launches ExBird Satellite IP Network Service
(March 26, 2010) SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masanori Akiyama; "SKY Perfect JSAT") has announced that it will begin offering "ExBird," a service enabling easy IP networking via communications satellite, from April 1, 2010.
ExBird is a communications network service that takes advantage of three properties unique to satellite-based communications disaster resistance, wide-area coverage, and flexibility. The adoption of fast and easy satellite-based communications is made possible through the use of a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) station. This terrestrial station setup requires only a small antenna (roughly 74cm in diameter) and compact indoor equipment, allowing for installation virtually anywhere. In addition, customer VSAT stations are monitored and operated by SKY Perfect JSAT, delivering added assurance of easy use after the system is adopted. IP protocols are also supported, with a number of service plans across the narrowband to broadband range available to enable seamless connections to customers' IP networks.
In today's world, where our information society is growing more advanced and seamless connections between IT systems are critical, SKY Perfect JSAT offers ExBird as the definitive solution to answer this need.
Anticipated Usage Scenarios
1. Disaster Countermeasures When major disasters and other catastrophic events strike, inability to secure network connections between bases not only impairs the business continuity of an affected company, but may also negatively impact a host of other companies linked to it. Leveraging the innate disaster resistance of satellite-based communications, ExBird provides a highly reliable network even during times of disaster, thereby helping to strengthen customers' Business Continuity Plans (BCP). Lines of communication enabled via ExBird can function as networks between datacenters responsible for mission-critical operations, or as voice-call hotlines during a major crisis.
2. Eliminating the Digital Divide Broadband environments are now critical infrastructure for conducting business activities. Taking advantage of the distinctive wide-area coverage and flexibility offered by satellite-based communications, ExBird supports customers' businesses by covering every corner of Japan, thus serving as infrastructure for eliminating the digital divide. Even in areas that typically lack a broadband environment, such as factories, research centers, and construction sites for dams and tunnels located in remote or mountainous areas, ExBird service users can enjoy maximum upload speeds of 1.2Mbps and download speeds of up to 8Mbps (best effort) via satellite-based IP networks.
3. Remote Monitoring and Control Utilizing the disaster resistance and wide-area coverage made possible through satellite-based communications, ExBird can also serve as a dedicated network for system monitoring and control from remote bases. Specifically, customers can adopt ExBird for remote data collection, for example, monitoring of radiation and stationary observation points in disaster prevention systems, or for the monitoring and control of long stretches of pipeline and other such applications. Beyond helping customers to reduce both travel times to observation sites and related costs, this feature enables fast recognition of abnormalities that arise, permitting the customer to take immediate control.
The ExBird service is currently available only in Japan.
SKY Perfect JSAT launches the commercial maritime broadband service "OceanBB"
(March 19, 2010) SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masanori Akiyama; "SKY Perfect JSAT") has announced the launch of "OceanBB" that will provide a global, always-on, fixed-price broadband service for commercial maritime vessels operating on the global Ku-band network from April 1st, 2010.
The data rates of OceanBB are a maximum 512kbps for ship-to-shore uploads and 1Mbps for shore-to-ship uploads. OceanBB will change the existing maritime communication environment in which only the narrowband pay-as-you-go plan is available, while enabling seamless networking between ship and shore.
This seamless networking by OceanBB can not only secure the economic efficiency of your vessel's operations but also enhance the service quality for your cruise passengers. Plus, it can help the welfare programs of your crew. The Japanese cruise ships Nippon-maru and Fuji-maru have already decided to install OceanBB.
SKY Perfect JSAT will provide a coverage area spanning the Asia, Oceania and Indian Ocean region through JCSAT-1B and JCSAT-85, and the roaming service with our business partner, KVH Industries, Inc., which provides a mini-VSAT broadband service in the Pacific Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, and Caribbean Sea. Our partnership with KVH will realize a high-speed Internet service throughout the world’s main ocean areas.
* OceanBB is available for Japanese-registered maritime vessels or maritime vessels owned by Japanese companies.
Notice Regarding Successful Launch of the Intelsat 15 Satellite
(December 1, 2009) SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masanori Akiyama; "SKY Perfect JSAT") hereby announces the successful launch of the Intelsat 15 satellite of Intelsat Ltd., the world's largest satellite operator.
Intelsat 15 satellite was launched atop a Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle of the Sea Launch Company, LLC at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan at 6:00 a.m. on December 1, 2009 Japan Standard Time. The satellite separated from its launch vehicle and normal telemetry was received from the satellite at 12:28 p.m.
Following testing to verify performance in geostationary orbit, the satellite is scheduled to commence operations at 85 degrees east longitude. Once the satellite commences in-orbit operations, SKY Perfect JSAT will market its capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite as JCSAT-85.
1. Launch date and time
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 6:00 a.m. (JST)
2. Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
3. Launch vehicle
Zenit-3SLB (Sea Launch Company, LLC)
4. Satellite bus
STAR-2 (Orbital Sciences Corporation)
5. Satellite specifications
(1) Frequencies: Ku-band (2) Transponders: 5 (out of 22) (3) Coverage area: Asia, Indian Ocean, Middle East (to Red Sea region), Russia (4) Design lifetime: 15 years
