Hellas Sat

Hellas Sat

Formerly	Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd.
Company type	Limited
Industry	Communications satellite
Founded	2001
Headquarters	Athens, Greece , Nicosia, Cyprus
Areas served	Greece and Cyprus
Owner	Arabsat
Website	www.hellas-sat.net

Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd (Hellas Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek/Cypriot Hellas Sat 2 satellite, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May 2003 to the 39th eastern meridian orbital position in the geostationary satellite orbit. On 29 June 2017 the Hellas Sat 3 was launched successfully to replace Hellas Sat 2.^[1]

Hellas Sat has developed a network of strategically located telecommunication partners with Digital Video Broadcasting platforms, carrying over 100 television channels, and Internet protocol-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe, and two steerable beams over the Middle East and South Africa. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions as well as occasional video feeds and Internet access services.^{[citation needed]}