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EVRY, France,
April 11, 2006/Satnews Daily/ — Mitsubishi Electric has chosen
Arianespace to launch the Superbird-7 satellite for Japanese operator
Space Communications Corporation (SCC).
Jean-Yves Le Gall, chief executive officer of Arianespace, announced on
Monday in Tokyo the signature of the launch contract for the Superbird-7
satellite.
Arianespace said the Superbird-7 contract is the 270th contract won by
the company since its founding in March 1980, and the 23rd won in Japan
out of 32 open contracts in the commercial market.
Superbird-7 will be launched by an Ariane 5 in the first quarter of 2008
from the Guiana Space Center, Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French
Guiana.
The satellite will be built by Mitsubishi Electric, Japan's first
satellite maker to enter the commercial market, at its Kamakura Works,
using a DS2000 platform, within the scope of a turnkey contract with
Japanese operator Space Communications Corporation (SCC). Weighing about
5,000 kg at launch, it will be positioned at 144 degrees East.
The Supervbird-7 satellite will be fitted with 28 Ku-band transponders.
From geostationary orbit, it will provide various communications
services, including video and audio broadcast to home, CATV and mobile
terminals, for the Asia-Pacific region with fixed and steerable spot
beams.
Superbird-7 will be the seventh SCC satellite to be launched by Ariane.
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