Now operational for the Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) is the Lockheed Martin [NYSE:LMT] BSAT-3a broadcasting satellite. The on-orbit deployment and spacecraft system checkout were all successful. The BSAT-3a communications payload contains 12 130-W Ku-band channels, with eight operating simultaneously. The satellite has a design life of more than 13 years and is based on the A2100A platform, built by the Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems (LMCSS) in Newtown, Pennsylvania. This is the 12th Lockheed Martin satellite contract awarded in the 1- to 4-kW class satellite range.
BSAT-3a is located at orbital location 110° E and is the 33rd delivery of an A2100 spacecraft to customers. All of these satellites are currently operational. This is the sixth Direct Broadcasting Satellite in the 12Ghz BSS band procured by B-SAT. The A2100 design is currently being adapted for geostationary earth orbit (GEO)-based earth observing missions. It is also currently the baselined platform for Lockheed Martin’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Series-R (GOES-R) proposal.
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