Lockheed Martin-built BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R satellite handed over to Japanese customers

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The BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R broadcasting satellite, designed and built by Lockheed Martin for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, is now ready for service following successful on-orbit deployment and checkout of all spacecraft systems.

The satellite is located at orbital location 110 degrees east and will provide service for Japanese companies B-SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT, which jointly procured the satellite.

BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R incorporates two independent Ku-band payloads with 12 direct broadcast channels and 12 fixed direct communication channels providing uplink and downlink coverage throughout Japan. BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R is required to meet a 15-year service life and was designed entirely with flight-proven components integrated into the highly reliable A2100 platform.

B-SAT president Kazuo Takenaka commented, “BSAT-3c’s successful delivery has secured stable BS digital broadcasting services in Japan for our risk management. BSAT-3c will form the ‘backbone’ of our business for the next decade along with BSAT-3a/3b.”

SKY Perfect JSAT President Shinji Takada said, “We are pleased that JCSAT-110R is successfully handed over from Lockheed Martin to SKY Perfect JSAT. This satellite is a backup satellite of our N-SAT-110 which provides SKY PerfecTV! e2 service with currently more than 1.5 million subscribers in Japan, and is, therefore, very important for our company in the light of the risk aversion and social responsibility of our Multichannel Pay TV Business.”

The BSAT-3c payload joins BSAT-3a and BSAT-3b to provide more than 120 million television sets in Japan with BS digital broadcasting programs. The JCSAT-110R payload will serve as a back-up for the 110 degrees east orbital position, continuing to provide highly reliable SKY PerfecTV! e2 service for its customers.

BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R is the third consecutive satellite Lockheed Martin has delivered to B-SAT and the fifth consecutive satellite delivered to SKY Perfect JSAT. Lockheed Martin successfully delivered BSAT-3a and BSAT-3b in August 2007 and December 2010, respectively. Lockheed Martin is currently building JCSAT-13 and previously built JCSAT-9 through JCSAT-12 and JCSAT-110 for SKY Perfect JSAT.

“BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R represents the 38th A2100 commercial communications satellite in the A2100 fleet,” said Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems President Joseph Rickers. “We are extremely confident that we have delivered a satellite of superior quality to B-SAT and SKY Perfect JSAT, two of the leading satellite operators in Asia. BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R, with its extensive A2100 heritage and proven design, will provide our customers with years of broadcasting and communications services.”