Superbird 4

Superbird-B2, also known by its pre-launch designation Superbird-4, is a Japanese communications satellite which is operated by SKY Perfect JSAT Group. It was originally built and launched for the Space Communications Corporation, which merged with JSAT in October 2008. It was constructed by Hughes and is based on the HS-601HP satellite bus. Launch occurred on 18 February 2000, at 01:04 GMT. The launch was contracted by Arianespace and used an Ariane 4 44LP-3 carrier rocket flying from ELA-2 at the Guiana Space Centre.