Superbird-9

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.

Superbird-9

Mission type	Communications
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 constellation ← Superbird-8 Superbird-10 →

See also

• Spaceflight portal

• SKY PerfecTV! – Satellite TV division of the same owner corporation and major user of Superbird