SatcoDX - TELE-satellite International Magazine
SatcoDX - TELE-satellite International Magazine
SatcoDX - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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SATELLITE INFORMATION<br />
New<br />
Satellites<br />
Edited by<br />
Sylvain Oscul<br />
NSS 9<br />
This <strong>satellite</strong> will be launched from French Guiana<br />
by Ariane 5. NSS-9 will be positioned at 183° E<br />
New Satellites<br />
102 <strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> & Broadband — 10-11/2008 — www.<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong>.com<br />
The Ariane 5 ES-ATV launcher, on its mobile launch table, shortly after its transfer from the<br />
Final Assembly Building (BAF) at the Launch Zone (ZL-3) of Ariane Launch Complex no.3 (ELA-<br />
3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s Spaceport, on 7 March 2008, for fuelling and final<br />
launch preparation. Also visible are two of the four 100-m-tall lightning towers surrounding the<br />
launch pad.” (Photo: ESA - S. Corvaja 2008; http://www.esa.int/images/_SCO1025_L.jpg)<br />
(177°W) and will replace NSS-5 with three C-band<br />
beams. The <strong>satellite</strong> will carry 44 active C-band<br />
transponders with a global beam providing cov-<br />
erage of the entire earth. NSS 9 is intended to<br />
free up NSS 5 which in turn will then be free to<br />
relocate to 57 degrees to replace NSS 703.
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