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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 A2100AX platform manufactured by Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Sys

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