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Boeing Contracted
to Build Superbird 6
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Boeing Satellite
Systems signed a contract on September 28, 2001 with Space
Communications Corporation (SCC) of Tokyo, Japan for a BSS 601
communications satellite. The satellite,  Superbird
6, is scheduled to launch in the third quarter of 2003. SCC will
select the launch vehicle at a later date. Financial details were
not disclosed.
Superbird 6, to
be located at 158°E, will provide business telecommunication
services using Japan Beam and Steerable Beam. The satellite will
carry 23 Ku-band transponders and four Ka-band transponders.
Space
Communications Corporation (SCC), a Japanese satellite
communications service company, was established in 1985 by  Mitsubishi
Corporation (MC), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO), and
other Mitsubishi Group Companies. SCC now operates four
communications satellites named Superbird A, B2, C, and 4 (D) at
four orbital slot.
Superbird
is the name of the series of high-performance communications
satellites owned and operated by SCC.
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