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AsiaSat 7
Commitment to Quality, Reliability and Uninterrupted Services
AsiaSat 7 was launched by ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle from Baikonur, Kazakhstan on 26 November 2011. It is designed as a replacement satellite for AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. AsiaSat 7 is a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite, with a design life of 15 years. It carries 28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band payload. With its region-wide C-band footprint covering Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia, and high-power Ku beams serving East Asia and South Asia, and a steerable Ku beam optimised over Australia, AsiaSat 7 supports a broad range of applications including TV broadcast and VSAT networks across the region.
Satellite Information
Launch Date : 26 November 2011
Model : 1300 Series by Space Systems/Loral
Nominal Orbital Location : 105.5°E
Communications Payload
C-band
Coverage : Asia, Middle East, Central Asia and Australasia
Number of Transponders : 28 (linearised)
Transponder Bandwidth : 36 MHz
TWTA Size : 65 watts
Ku-band
Coverage : 3 beams: East Asia beam, South Asia beam and one steerable beam
Number of Transponders : 17(fixed gain linearised or with automatic gain control (AGC))
Transponder Bandwidth : 54 MHz
TWTA Size : 150 watts
Ka-band
Coverage : Regional beam
AsiaSat 8
The most powerful among AsiaSat satellites with multiple Ku beams
AsiaSat 8 is designed to be co-located with AsiaSat 7 at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. This new satellite is a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite is equipped with 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band payload. Co-locating with AsiaSat 7, Asia’s most established satellite platform for Middle Eastern, European, Asian and international programming, AsiaSat 8 provides exceptional power and additional Ku beam coverage with inter-beam switching capability for services including DTH television, private networks and broadband services. AsiaSat 8 is the most powerful member of AsiaSat’s fleet, with a payload power of about 8,500 watts.
Satellite Information
Launch Date : 5 August 2014
Model : 1300 Series by Space Systems/Loral
Nominal Orbital Location : 105.5°E
Communications Payload
Ku-band
Number of Transponders : 24 Ku band
Transponder Bandwidth : 54 MHz
Coverage :
4 beams : China beam, India beam, Middle East beam and South East Asia beam
TWTA Size : 210 watts
Ka-band
Coverage : Regional beam