AsiaSat 7

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Chinese spacecraft nº: 173

Launch data: Designation  37933 / 11069A Launch date  25 Nov 2011 - 19:10 UT Launch site  Baikonur, LC-200/39 Launch vehicle  Proton-M/Briz-M Mission  Commercial: Communications Geostationary orbit: Perigee / Apogee  35782 x 35793 km Eccentricity  1,30E-04 Inclination  0.02 deg Period  1436.2 min

Spacecraft data: Prime manufacturer  Space Systems/Loral Platform  LS-1300LL Operator  Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) of Hong Kong Mass at launch  3813 kg Dry Mass   kg Basic shape   Dimension (m)   Equipment  28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band payload Solar array  2 deployable solar arrays Stabilization   Propulsion   DC power   Design lifetime  15 yrs - Still active

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Description:

• AsiaSat 7 is a new generation satellite of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), designed to replace AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. Based on the Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform, AsiaSat 7 will support a broad range of applications for the Asia-Pacific region, including television broadcast and VSAT networks.
• AsiaSat 7 carries 28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band payload. Its region-wide high power C-band beam covers Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia, with Ku-band beams serving East Asia, South Asia and a steerable Ku beam. Will replace AsiaSat-3S.

Mission details:

• This was the 5th commercial mission of the year for ILS and the 8th Proton launch so far this year and the 371st launch for Proton since its maiden flight in 1965..
• The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome at 1:10 a.m. local time (3:10 a.m. in Hong Kong, 19:10 GMT and 2:10 p.m. EDT on November 25).
• The Proton put it in a -496 x 170 km trajectory, and the Briz-M upper stage then placed it in Earth orbit.
• After a 9 hour 13 minute 4-burn mission, the Breeze M successfully released the AsiaSat 7 satellite, weighing over 3.8 metric tons, into the planned geostationary transfer orbit.
• As of Dec 15, Asiasat 7 was in geostationary orbit over 101.5 deg East.