Arianespace has received a Services & Solutions contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems for the launch of Japanese satellite BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R.
BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R will be launched during the first half of 2011 by an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Center, Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The satellite is being launched on behalf of Japanese operators B-SAT Corporation and SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation within the scope of a turnkey launch contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems. This is the 26th contract that Arianespace has won in Japan out of a total of 35 commercial GTO satellite launch contracts open to competition. Weighing about 3 tons at launch, BSAT-3c/JCSAT-110R will be positioned in geostationary orbit at 110 degrees East and will provide direct TV broadcast links and telecommunications services for all of Japan.
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