スカパーJSAT株式会社
SKY Perfect JSAT Group is a Japanese satellite operator and Asia's largest provider of multi-channel pay TV and satellite communications services. It operates a fleet of geostationary communication satellites, providing services like video distribution, data transfer, and back-up communication across Asia, Oceania, Russia, the Middle East, and North America. They also offer ground station services and are expanding into new areas like space intelligence and services for LEO satellites, collaborating with partners like Intelsat, ESA, and JAXA.
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Sky Perfect JSAT is the only Asian commercial company selected to serve as a ground station to receive Orion signals for Artemis II.
Sky Perfect JSAT will use its ground-station facilities for lunar exploration for the first time during Artemis II.
Sky Perfect JSAT Corporation (Skaparu JSAT) was selected as a ground station to receive signals from the Orion spacecraft during the Artemis II mission.
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has been studying commercialization of satellite quantum key distribution since fiscal year 2018.
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and SpeQtral aim to achieve early commercialization in the 2030s of highly confidential satellite communications that use quantum cryptography.
On January 28, 2026, SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation invested in Singapore satellite QKD company SpeQtral and signed a strategic alliance with SpeQtral.
SKY Perfect JSAT owns antenna facilities at six domestic satellite control sites in Japan.
SKY Perfect JSAT’s ground station will perform signal measurements in Earth orbit and cislunar space from February through April 2026 after the Orion launch.
The planned use of SKY Perfect JSAT’s ground station equipment for Artemis II represents the first time those facilities have been used for lunar exploration.
Since the 1989 first private communications satellite launch, SKY Perfect JSAT has operated artificial satellites and ground stations for more than 35 years.
SKY Perfect JSAT is the only Asian commercial company selected as a ground station for the Orion one-way Doppler measurements for Artemis II.
SKY Perfect JSAT was selected as a ground station to receive one-way Doppler measurement signals from the Orion spacecraft for NASA’s Artemis II mission on January 26.
The ground station equipment to be used for Artemis II is the same equipment employed in the commercial near-Earth tracking network service JSAT Space Line, which began in September 2025.
SKY Perfect JSAT will use three 13.5-meter antenna facilities to receive radio signals from Orion, measure frequency transitions (Doppler shifts) with high precision, and provide the acquired tracking data to NASA to support mission safety.
Planet has signed over a half a billion dollars across three satellite services contracts in the last year supporting national security needs of Japan via JSAT and in collaboration with Germany.
Planet's satellite services contracts include agreements supporting the national security needs of Japan via JSAT and in collaboration with Germany.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation will establish a Special Purpose Company (SPC) in collaboration with SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation and Mitsui & Co., Ltd.
The project period will last five years, ending on March 31, 2031, with a special purpose company (SPC) to be established by Mitsubishi Electric, SKY Perfect JSAT, and Mitsui & Co.
Mitsubishi Electric, Sky Perfect JSAT, Mitsui & Co., Mitsui & Co. Aerospace, Axelspace, Synspective, and QPS Research Institute announced on December 25 that they won the Ministry of Defense's public notice for the 'Satellite Constellation Maintenance and Operation Project' on December 24.
Mitsubishi Electric, Sky Perfect JSAT, and Mitsui & Co. will establish a special purpose company as required for the winning bidders to proceed with contract negotiations with the Ministry of Defense.