NSS 7 [Lockheed Martin]
NSS 7 is a hybrid Ku- and C-band telecommunications satellite providing fixed satellite services, including video distribution, Internet access, corporate business networking and fixed services such as telephony and data. Based on an enhanced version of Lockheed Martin's A2100AXS satellite bus, this 72 transponder satellite will operate at 338.5° East longitude over the Atlantic Ocean, providing coverage to Europe, Africa and the Americas where it will replace the Lockheed Martin built NSS K and NSS 803 satellites.
Nation: | Netherlands |
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Type / Application: | Communication |
Operator: | New Skies |
Contractors: | Lockheed Martin |
Equipment: | 36 C-Band and 36 Ku-Band transponders |
Configuration: | A2100AXS |
Propulsion: | LEROS-1c |
Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
Lifetime: | |
Mass: | 4692 kg |
Orbit: | GEO |
Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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NSS 7 | 2002-019A | 16.04.2002 | Ko ELA-2 | Ariane-44L H10-3 |