Names | AsiaSat 5C |
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Mission type | Communications |
Operator | AsiaSat |
COSPAR ID | 2011-069A |
SATCAT no. | 37933 |
Website | https://www.asiasat.com |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 12 years, 11 months and 16 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | AsiaSat 7 |
Spacecraft type | SSL 1300 |
Bus | LS-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 3,813 kg (8,406 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 25 November 2011, 19:10:34 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | January 2012 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 105° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 40 transponders: 26 C-band 14 Ku-band |
Coverage area | Asia, Pacific Ocean region |
AsiaSat 7 is a Hong Kong communications satellite, which is operated by the Hong Kong–based Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat). It is positioned in geostationary orbit at a longitude of 105° East of the Greenwich Meridian, where it serves as a back-up for the AsiaSat 5 satellite and replaced AsiaSat 3S.[2] It is used to provide fixed satellite services, including broadcasting, telephone and broadband very small aperture terminal (VSAT) communications, to Asia and the Pacific Ocean region.[3]