Satellite ABS-2 until 2014? Time to launch a new communications satellite ABS-2 May be delayed again. According to information published on the forum NASA satellite will be launched aboard a rocket Ariane 5 from Kourou (French Guiana) until 2014. The official website of ABS (Asia Broadcast Satellite ) still bears the date of the second half of 2013. ABS-2 is significantly extend the range of services provided at the orbital position 75 degrees East , where he is currently stationed ABS-1 . Delay thwarts many operators that want to expand their business. The satellite is to use Russian platform Raduga TV and leading Russian operator Mobile TeleSystems (MTS). In addition, there were the announcement of the new DTH platform for customers in Kyrgyzstan. ABS-2 will be equipped with 87 transponders in C band, Ku- and Ka, and provide broadcasting services to Asia, Russia / CIS, Africa and the Middle East. We had to find a satellite in orbit in 2012.
Posted on: Tue, 25 Jun 2013 14:14:53 +0000
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