Japan Satellite Systems, Inc., (JSAT) of Tokyo signed a contract in October 1993 for a Hughes 601 satellite from Hughes Space and Communications International, Inc.(now Boeing Satellite Systems International, Inc.). The satellite, JCSAT-3, was designed to relay voice, data, and television signals via Ku-band to eastern Asia, Australia, New Zealand, and India; and via C-band to eastern and southern Asia and Hawaii. In December 1995, JSAT returned for another spacecraft, JCSAT-4, with similar coverage and increased power. JCSAT-3 and 4 are among more than 81 Hughes-now Boeing-601 satellites ordered since the body-stabilized model became available in 1987.