Satellite successfully launched for sky perfect unit
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TOKYO —
Japan’s Space Communications Corp. said Friday that its new communications satellite, dubbed Superbird-7, has been launched successfully.
The satellite, manufactured by Mitsubishi Electric Corp., was launched on the Ariane 5 rocket of France’s Arianespace SA from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana at 5:44 a.m. Friday Japan time (8:44 p.m. Thursday GMT), according to Space Communications, a unit of satellite broadcaster Sky Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc.
The Superbird-7 satellite is the first Japanese-made communications satellite to be used by domestic broadcasters and telecommunications carriers.
It will succeed the Superbird-C satellite now being used by Space Communications for its broadcasting services.
The new satellite will stay at an altitude of 36,000 kilometers, 144 degrees east longitude in a geostationary orbit for 15-year operations.
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rajakumar
Way to go Superbird 7 from japan's Mitsubishi.
Have a good 15 years orbit.
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USNinJapan2
Superbird? Isn't that a sandwich at Denny's?...
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hoserfella
does this mean Ill be able to watch hockey games that are less than 3 weeks old?
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Okinawamike
Does this mean I can watch Sky Perfect when it rains?
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