JCSAT-15 is a communications satellite designed and manufactured for SKY Perfect JSAT Group by SSL on the SSL 1300 platform.

[1][2] It has a launch weight of 3,400 kg (7,500 lb), a power production capacity of 10 kW and a 15-year design life.

SKY Perfect JSAT Group will use JCSAT-15 as a replacement of N-SAT-110.

[2] In April 2014, SSL announced that it had been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT Group to manufacture two satellites: JCSAT-15 and JCSAT-16.

The former would be a 10 kW satellite to be a replacement of N-SAT-110 plus expansion capability.