JCSat-11

Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by JSAT Corporation of Japan to build its next geostationary telecommunications satellite, designated JCSAT-10, which will provide communications services throughout Japan and Asia following its scheduled launch in 2006. Financial terms were not disclosed. JCSAT-10 will be a hybrid satellite, equipped with Ku-band high-power transponders and C-band medium-power transponders, and will be located at 128 degrees East longitude. The spacecraft is based on the award-winning A2100AXS platform manufactured by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS), Newtown, Pa. After becoming operational, the satellite is referred by the designator JCSat 3A. Lockheed Martin has been awarded a contract by JSAT Corporation (JSAT) of Japan in October 2005 to build its next geostationary telecommunications satellite, designated JCSAT-11. JCSAT-11 was to be reserved entirely in orbit as a backup satellite for other JCSAT satellites following its scheduled launch in 2007. Financial terms were not disclosed. JCSAT-11 was lost in a launch failure.