Made in 中文 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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Made in 中文 - TELE-satellite International Magazine
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SATELLITE INFORMATION<br />
New Satellites<br />
New Satellites to be launched soon<br />
Edited by<br />
Aleksandar Medic<br />
INTELSAT NEW DAWN<br />
INTELSAT NEW DAWN, a <strong>satellite</strong> built and launched <strong>in</strong> a jo<strong>in</strong>t venture with<br />
Convergence Partners, a South African <strong>in</strong>vestment group, will utilize orbital<br />
location of 33° East which is ideally positioned to serve the grow<strong>in</strong>g needs of<br />
African cont<strong>in</strong>ent with fixed <strong>satellite</strong> services such as voice communications,<br />
wireless backhaul, broadband connectivity and television programm<strong>in</strong>g. This<br />
USD 250 million <strong>satellite</strong>, built by Orbital Sciences Corporation will have two 4.8<br />
kWh capacity Li-Ion batteries <strong>in</strong> order to support its hybrid payload consist<strong>in</strong>g<br />
of 28 C- and 24 Ku-band 36 MHz transponders. After its launch as 50th Intelsat<br />
106 <strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong> — Global Digital TV Magaz<strong>in</strong>e — 02-03/2010 — www.<strong>TELE</strong>-<strong>satellite</strong>.com<br />
<strong>satellite</strong> put <strong>in</strong> orbit by Arianespace, us<strong>in</strong>g an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher, it<br />
will replace GALAXY 11 which is currently located at 33° East. INTELSAT NEW<br />
DAWN will use the Star-2 platform. This <strong>satellite</strong> with two deployable antennas<br />
will weigh about 3,000 kg at launch and have a design life exceed<strong>in</strong>g 15 years.<br />
KOREASAT 6<br />
KOREASAT 6, a commercial communications <strong>satellite</strong> owned by KT<br />
Corporation (formerly Korea Telecom), will be boosted <strong>in</strong>to geostationary<br />
transfer orbit by an Ariane 5 or Soyuz launcher from the Guiana Space Center,<br />
Europe’s Spaceport, French Guiana. This <strong>satellite</strong> will be built by the French<br />
company Thales Alenia Space us<strong>in</strong>g a Star-2 platform from Orbital Sciences<br />
Corporation. Thales will supply the payload and US-based Orbital Sciences<br />
Corporation will carry out f<strong>in</strong>al spacecraft, payload and system <strong>in</strong>tegration<br />
and test<strong>in</strong>g at its manufactor<strong>in</strong>g facility <strong>in</strong> Dulles, Virg<strong>in</strong>ia. KOREASAT 6<br />
will weigh 2622 kg at launch and generate 3.4 kilowatts of payload power<br />
for its 30 Ku-band transponders. From 116° East orbital position where<br />
it will replace Koreasat 3 <strong>satellite</strong>, this <strong>satellite</strong> will provide DTH, CATV<br />
distribution, TVRO, and VSAT services throughout the Republic of Korea.
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