Mitsubishi Electric Corp. said Tuesday it received a communications satellite order from Tokyo-based Space Communications Corp., a deal making Mitsubishi the first domestic company to get an order for a commercial satellite to be operated by a Japanese firm.
The nation's commercial satellite market has been dominated by U.S. satellite manufacturers such as Boeing Satellite Systems International Inc.
Space Communications, the satellite service firm in the Mitsubishi group, ordered Superbird 7, which is scheduled to launch in the first quarter of 2008, Mitsubishi Electric said.
It did not disclose the value or other terms of the order.
Space Communications, which operates four satellites, has been offering government agencies and corporate clients telecommunications services such as video transmission and in-house communications.