APSTAR 7 will be launched in Q1 2012

dodano: 2009-10-05 15:40 | aktualizacja: 2009-10-05 15:42
autor: Anita Dąbek | źródło: Thales

Thales Alenia Space announced it has signed, on September 29, 2009, a contract with the APT Satellite Company Limited, a leading satellite operator in the Asia Pacific Region for the design, manufacture and delivery on ground of a high-capacity telecommunication satellite. APSTAR 7 will provide reliable broadcasting and telecommunications services over the Asia Pacific Region, Africa, Middle East and a part of Europe.

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The contract also includes Launch Campaign, Training, Launch and Early Operational Phase, In Orbit Tests as well as On Site Support, Dynamic Satellite Simulator, Satellite Control Centre and Baseband Subsystem.

Based on Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus 4000 C2 platform, APSTAR 7 is equipped with
28 C-band and 28 Ku-band active transponders. With electrical power of 11.4 kW and payload power of 8.4 kW, the satellite is expected to have a minimum of 15 years lifetime. It will be launched in the first quarter of 2012 to replace APSTAR 2R currently operated at 76.5° East Longitude orbital position.

APSTAR 7 is the second satellite ordered from Thales Alenia Space by APT, and the fifth* satellite ordered by China.

* Sinosat 1, APSTAR 6, Chinasat 6B, Chinasat 9, APSTAR 7

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