APStar 9 [APT]
APT Satellite signed in November 2013 a contract with China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) of Beijing for the construction and launch of the APStar-9 high power communications satellite.
APStar 9 was built on CAST's DFH-4 platform and features 32 transponders in C-band and 14 in Ku-band. The satellite has a 15 year life time. It was launched in 2015 on a Chinese CZ-3B/G2 booster.
TS Global Network (TSGN), a Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity provider in Malaysia, has entered an agreement with APT Satellite Company Limited to invest in a designated payload on the operator’s Apstar 9 satellite. The payload, dubbed MySat 1, will provide C-band transponder capacity for the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and Asia-Pacific markets.
Nation: | China |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | APT Satellite Company Ltd. |
Contractors: | CAST |
Equipment: | 32 C-band transponders, 14 Ku-band transponders |
Configuration: | DFH-4 Bus |
Propulsion: | |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | 15 years |
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Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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APStar 9/MySat 1 | 2015-059A | 16.10.2015 | Xi LC-2 | CZ-3B/G2 |