Space Systems/Loral and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, Asia’s leading satellite operator, announced the signing of construction agreements for two communications satellites, AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8. “We are committed to expanding our fleet in order to provide a broader range of services to meet increasing market demands for quality satellite capacity in this region,” said William Wade, […]
Space Systems/Loral and Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited, Asia’s leading satellite operator, announced the signing of construction agreements for two communications satellites, AsiaSat 6 and AsiaSat 8.
“We are committed to expanding our fleet in order to provide a broader range of services to meet increasing market demands for quality satellite capacity in this region,” said William Wade, president and CEO of AsiaSat. The contracts include AsiaSat 6 with a C-band payload and AsiaSat 8, with both Ku-band and Ka-band. The two satellites will serve Asia, the Middle East and Australasia and are designed on the decade’s proven SSL 1300 platform which provides the flexibility for a broad range of applications and technology advances. The satellites are planned to be launched by early 2014.
“AsiaSat and Space Systems/Loral both share a commitment to excellent performance and the highest quality service,” said John Celli, president of Space Systems/Loral. “We delivered AsiaSat 5 in 2009 and AsiaSat 7 was shipped one month ahead of schedule and is currently at launch base in preparation for launch on November 26. I can think of no better endorsement of our success than a repeat order from a satisfied customer.”
With these new contracts Space Systems/Loral has secured six satellite contract awards for 2011. AsiaSat 6 will have 28 high-power C-band transponders while AsiaSat 8 will have 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band beam. The high-power transponders on the satellite will enable the use of small antennas on the ground.
