It would feature 44 Ku band transponders with two steerable antennas for on-orbit reconfiguration.

[5] The next day, April 17, Arianespace announced they had secured the contract to launch JCSAT-13 on an Ariane 5 ECA.

[8] On March 23, 2012, JSAT announced that the expected launch date for JCSAT-13 was May 15, and it would replace JCSAT-4A at the 124° East slot to offer the SKY PerfecTV!

[7] As scheduled, on May 15 at 22:13 UTC, an Ariane 5 ECA successfully launched JCSAT-13 and Vinasat-2 to a geostationary transfer orbit.

[4] On the same day of the launch, JSAT announced an agreement with the Lippo Group to use JCSAT-4B to offer a direct-to-home satellite TV broadcast service across Indonesia.