Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (NASDAQ:LORL) has shipped a new communications satellite built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) to the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan, where it is scheduled to launch in early- to mid-August aboard a ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle provided by International Launch Services (ILS).
AsiaSat 5, a Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) spacecraft, is designed to provide television broadcast, telephone networks, and VSAT networks for broadband multimedia services across the Asia Pacific region. AsiaSat 5 will replace AsiaSat 2 at the orbital location of 100.5 degrees East and will help the operator enhance its services and expand its business. AsiaSat 5 carries 26 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders. The C-band expands on the AsiaSat 2 pan-Asian coverage, and the Ku-band coverage consists of three high-power beams, two of which will cover East Asia and South Asia as well as the in-orbit steerable beam that can be positioned to provide service anywhere within the satellite’s view. The satellite is based on SS/L’s 1300 space-proven platform, which provides the flexibility to support a broad range of applications and technology advances.
