SKY Perfect JSAT and Intelsat Launched Horizons-4/Galaxy 37 to Provide Capacity Over North America and Pacific

Aug 3, 2023

SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation (Head Office: Minato-ku, Tokyo; Representative Director, President & Chief Executive Officer: Eiichi Yonekura; “SKY Perfect JSAT”) and Intelsat (Head Office: Luxemburg, Chief Executive Officer: David Wajsgras, “Intelsat”) successfully launched a new satellite to satisfy the growing connectivity demands in the North America and Pacific region.

 Known as Horizons-4/Galaxy 37 (“H-4/G-37”), the satellite was launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launch vehicle from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, U.S.A at 2:00 p.m. on August 3, 2023, Japan Standard Time (JST) and the satellite was separated from the launch vehicle at 2:33 p.m. JST. It will succeed and replace Horizons-1/Galaxy 13 in geostationary orbit at the 127 degrees West location. Operation is expected to start in the fourth quarter 2023.

 The H-4/G-37 satellite marks the fifth satellite by SKY Perfect JSAT and Intelsat in 20 years, following Horizons-1 (2003), Horizons-2 (2007), Intelsat 15/JCSAT-85 (2009) and Horizons 3e (2018). The H-4 Ku-band payload, which will be jointly owned by both companies*1, will provide capacity for mobility connectivity with expanded coverage over the Pacific Ocean, in addition to the United States, Mexico and the Caribbean. The G-37 C-band payload, which will be owned by Intelsat, will provide North American capacity for television media and telecommunication network customers.