Atlas IIAS Selected to Launch Superbird 6

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Atlas IIAS Selected to Launch Superbird 6

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Space Communications Corp. (SCC) has signed a contract with International Launch Services (ILS) to launch Superbird 6 in October 2003, using an Atlas IIAS. The satellite will be positioned in geosynchronous orbit at 158°E. Financial terms were not disclosed.

Superbird 6, a Boeing BSS 601, will provide business telecommunication services to Japan. The satellite will carry 23 Ku-band transponders and 4 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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October 30, 2001