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a continuation of cooperation among two of the world�s prominent
satellite operators, JSAT Corporation (President and CEO: Kiyoshi
Isozaki; Headquarters: Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo; �JSAT�) today announced an
agreement with Intelsat (Headquarters: Bermuda), the world's largest
provider of fixed satellite communications services, to purchase a
dedicated payload of five transponders on a new Intelsat satellite
scheduled to enter service in 2009. A successor spacecraft to Intelsat 709, Intelsat 15 will
operate in an orbital position of 85� East Longitude. Following its
launch in early 2009, Intelsat 15 (IS-15) primarily will provide
services to the Asia-Pacific, Indian Ocean and Middle East regions. The
satellite will be equipped with 22 Ku-band transponders, five of which
JSAT will own and operate.
JSAT�s transponders will
be used for direct broadband communications between Japan and the
coastal nations throughout Asia-Pacific and the Indian Ocean regions.
The Ku-band services on IS-15 will offer JSAT�s customers two-way
communications with data transfer speeds of 6Mbps, providing land and
sea communications, including allowing ships to send navigation and
other operating information to their land-based headquarters.
Today�s announcement marks an expansion of JSAT�s long-standing
relationship with Intelsat. JSAT and Intelsat have cooperated on the
Horizons 1 satellite, currently operating at 127 degrees West
Longitude, and the Horizons 2 satellite, which is expected to be
launched later this year into the 74 degrees West Longitude orbital
position. JSAT is the first Asian satellite communications operator to
provide services over North America.
The following are details on the transponders that will be owned by JSAT on IS-15:
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