News Release
December 1, 2009

SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc.

Notice Regarding Successful Launch of the

Intelsat 15 Satellite

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masanori Akiyama), a wholly owned subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Holdings Inc. (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Masanori Akiyama), today announced the successful launch of the Intelsat 15 satellite, as detailed in the attached release.

News Release
December 1, 2009

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation

Notice Regarding Successful Launch of the

Intelsat 15 Satellite
SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; President & CEO: Masanori Akiyama; “SKY Perfect JSAT”) hereby announces the successful launch of the Intelsat 15 satellite of Intelsat Ltd., the world’s largest satellite operator. Intelsat 15 satellite was launched atop a Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle of the Sea Launch Company, LLC at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan at 6:00 a.m. on December 1, 2009 Japan Standard Time. The satellite separated from its launch vehicle and normal telemetry was received from the satellite at 12:28 p.m. Following testing to verify performance in geostationary orbit, the satellite is scheduled to commence operations at 85 degrees east longitude. Once the satellite commences in-orbit operations, SKY Perfect JSAT will market its capacity on the Intelsat 15 satellite as JCSAT-85.
1. Launch date and time
Tuesday, December 1, 2009 6:00 a.m. (JST)
2. Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
3. Launch vehicle
Zenit-3SLB （Sea Launch Company, LLC）
4. Satellite bus
STAR-2 (Orbital Sciences Corporation)
(1) Frequencies
Ku band
(2) Transponders
5 (out of 22)
(3) Coverage area
Asia, Indian Ocean, Middle East
(to Red Sea region),
Russia

5. Satellite specifications
(4) Design lifetime
15 years
6. Planned orbital slot
85 degrees east longitude