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AsiaSat communications satellite
AsiaSat 9
or
Thaicom 7
is a
geostationary
communications satellite
which is operated by the
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company
(AsiaSat) and was launched into orbit on 28 September 2017.
Satellite description
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Space Systems/Loral (SS/L), announced in December 2013 that it has been chosen by AsiaSat, to build the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite. AsiaSat 9 was built by
Space Systems/Loral
, and is based on the
LS-1300
satellite bus
.
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The satellite carries 28
C-band
transponders
and 32
Ku-band
and is positioned at a
longitude
of 122° East,
[4]
providing coverage over southern
Asia
,
Australia
and
New Zealand
.
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Launch
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Krunichev
by
International Launch Services
(ILS) was contracted to launch AsiaSat 9 using a
Proton-M
/
Briz-M
launch vehicle
. The launch took place from
Site 200/39
at the
Baikonur
, on 28 September 2017, at 18:52:16
UTC
. It replaces
AsiaSat 4
.
See also
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References
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Future spacecraft in
italics
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January
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February
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March
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April
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May
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June
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- QZS-2
- ViaSat-2
,
Eutelsat 172B
- Dragon CRS-11
(
NICER
,
BRAC Onnesha
,
GhanaSat-1
,
Mazaalai
,
Nigeria EduSat-1
)
- GSAT-19
- EchoStar 21
- Progress MS-06
- HXMT / Insight
,
NuSat 3
- ChinaSat 9A
- Cartosat-2E
,
Max Valier Sat
,
Aalto-1
,
Blue Diamond
,
Green Diamond
,
Red Diamond
,
CICERO-6
,
COMPASS-2
,
InflateSail
,
Lemur-2
× 8
,
LituanicaSAT-2
,
ROBUSTA-1B
- Kosmos 2519
/ Nivelir,
Kosmos 2521
/ Sputnik Inspektor
- BulgariaSat-1
- Iridium NEXT
× 10
- EuropaSat / Hellas Sat 3
,
GSAT-17
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July
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August
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September
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October
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November
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December
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Launches are separated by dots ( ? ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
Crewed flights
are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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