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SkyPerfect JSAT's Yokohama Satellite Control Center, the company's main ground station in Japan: The company aims to establish a "multi-layered communication network" by expanding its capability to connect telecommunications stations at various altitudes. (Photo by Mitsuru Obe)

MITSURU OBE

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Groundwork has been underway at SkyPerfect JSAT's satellite control center in Yokohama, south of Tokyo, to make more room for satellite ground stations, as part of a plan by Asia's largest satellite operator to nearly triple capital investment in the current fiscal year.

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