AsiaSat 6 technical details

[Biswajit.HD]

Satellite Name: Asiasat 6 (Thaicom 7)
Status: planned
Position: 120° E (120° E)
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Operator: Asia Satellite Telecommunications Co. Ltd.
Launch date: 30-Jun-2014 (Estimated)
Launch site: TBD
Launch vehicle: TBD
Launch mass (kg):
Dry mass (kg):
Manufacturer: Space Systems Loral (SSL)
Model (bus): LS-1300
Orbit: GEO
Expected lifetime: 15 yrs.

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Details:
28 C-band transponders to serve Asia, the Middle East and Australasia

Source : Satbeams

 

[Karthik]

Asia means , we also getting ?

 

[Biswajit.HD]

AsiaSat is for Asia primarily.... It will have 28 C-band transponders to serve Asia, the Middle East and Australasia

 

[Biswajit.HD]

120 degrees E means the lnb orientation will be further towards the east direction from current AsiaSat 3S : 105.5 degrees (which i tried for Iran FTA IRIB KU band channels)

 

[Biswajit.HD]

AsiaSat, the leading regional satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world’s population with its four satellites, AsiaSat 3S at 105.5vE, AsiaSat 4 at 122°E, AsiaSat 5 at 100.5°E and AsiaSat 7. The AsiaSat satellite fleet provides services to both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 500 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company’s satellites offering access to over 620 million TV households across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat also provides telecommunications operators and end users services such as voice networks, private VSAT networks and broadband multimedia. AsiaSat’s latest satellites, AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8, are planned to be launched in the first half of 2014.

Source : SpaceX