| Mission type | Communications |
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| Operator | SKY Perfect JSAT |
| Website | https://www.spacex.com/ |
| Mission duration | 15 years (planned) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft | Superbird-9 |
| Spacecraft type | Superbird |
| Bus | OneSat |
| Manufacturer | Airbus Defence and Space |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 2027 (planned)[1] |
| Rocket | Starship[2] |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit (planned) |
| Regime | Geostationary orbit |
| Transponders | |
| Band | Ku-band, Ka-band |
| Coverage area | Japan, East Asia |
Superbird-9, will be a geostationary communications satellite operated by SKY Perfect JSAT and designed and manufactured by Airbus Defence and Space. Superbird-9 will be based on Airbus's reconfigurable payload satellite bus OneSat, which can steer and reassign beams for different customers and services. It will be offering Ku-band and Ka-band communication services to the Japanese market.[3] SKY Perfect JSAT, the main satellite operator in Japan, has selected Airbus to build Superbird-9[4] and contracted SpaceX to launch it on Starship.
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