DSN-2
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DSN-2, also known as Kirameki-2 (きらめき), is a geostationary communications satellite operated by DSN Corporation, a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Its payload is a pure X-band transceiver and is used for military communications by the Japanese military. It was launched and successfully deployed on 24 January 2017 using a H-IIA rocket flying in its heaviest configuration, the H-IIA 204. It is Japan's first dedicated military communication satellite and is designed for at least fifteen years of service.
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- Country
- Japan
- Country of origin
- Japan
- Manufacturer
- Mitsubishi Electric
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2017-01-24
- space launch vehicle
- H-IIA
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
- powered by
- spacecraft solar array
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DSN-2, also known as Kirameki-2 (きらめき), is a geostationary communications satellite operated by DSN Corporation, a subsidiary of SKY Perfect JSAT Group. Its payload is a pure X-band transceiver and is used for military communications by the Japanese military. It was launched and successfully deployed on 24 January 2017 using a H-IIA rocket flying in its heaviest configuration, the H-IIA 204. It is Japan's first dedicated military communication satellite and is designed for at least fifteen years of service.
== History == JSAT, along with NEC, NTT Communications and Maeda Corporation formed a joint venture called DSN Corporation. On 15 January 2013, DSN Corporation announced that it had closed a contract with the Ministry of Defense to execute the "Program to Upgrade and Operate X-Band Satellite Communications Functions, etc". The contract is a private finance initiative, where private funds, management and technical capabilities are used to upgrade and operate the Japanese military X-band satellite network.
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