ABS 2 [SS/Loral]
The ABS-2 is a communications satellite ordered in October 2010 by Asia Broadcast Satellite from Space Systems/Loral (SS/L). SS/L was already selected as the builder in June 2009.
The spacecraft separated mass is in excess of 6,000 kg at launch and offers a design life exceeding 15 years. The satellite was built by Space Systems Loral using the SSL-1300 platform, fitted with 78 C-, Ku- and Ka-band payloads and has more than four times the existing capacity of ABS-1.
ABS-2 is located at the 75 degrees East Longitude, ABS' prime orbital location where ABS-1, ABS-1A, and ABS-1B are currently located ABS-2 offers a wide range of services for Asia, Russia, Africa, and the Middle East, including DTH, cable TV distribution, multimedia applications, as well as data networks and telecommunications services. The ABS-2 satellite is a significant addition to the existing 44 transponders on the ABS-1 satellite, which still has more than 14 years of fuel life remaining. ABS-2 provides expansion capacity to existing ABS-1 customers and acts as in-orbit spare and provide backup for the ABS-1 transponders.
Singapore Telecommunications has signed a transponder purchase agreement with satellite operator Asia Broadcast Satellite Limited (ABS). With this agreement, SingTel owns multiple C-band transponders on the ABS-2 satellite at a cost of approximately S$80 million over the next two years. SingTel markets these transponders to corporate customers under the brand ST-3/ABS-2. Capacity used by KT Telecom is referred as Koreasat 8.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) |
Contractors: | Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) |
Equipment: | 78 transponders in C-, Ku- and Ka-band |
Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
Propulsion: | ? |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
Mass: | 6330 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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ABS 2 (ST 3, Koreasat 8) | 2014-006A | 06.02.2014 | Ko ELA-3 | Ariane-5ECA | with Athena-Fidus |
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