"Joint venture between Intelsat and JSAT; 20 Ku-band transponders, services to the US, Canada and Japan."
First of five; will provide services to the US Department of Defense and the Ministry of Defense for Canada as well as other Government and Allied users under unstressed conditions.
"25 C-band, 18 Ku-band transponders, services to Latin America."
32 broad-beam Ka band; 55 spot-beam Ka-band transponders; will provide HDTV to CONUS.