1. SATELLITE INFORMATION New Satellites
New Satellite Launches
Sylvain Oscul
AMERICOM 18
SES Americom is due to launch AMERICOM
18. This satellite has been designed to pro-
vide C-band services for cable programming
and regular broadcasting. It will be located at
255 East (105.5 West) and has 24 transpon-
ders with 36 MHz each. It‘s life expectancy is
15 years.
NSS-8
INTELSAT will start NSS-8, to replace NSS-703, which will come to its end of life in 2009.
NSS-8 will be located at 57 East, and has 56 C-band and 36 Ku-band transponders
BADR-4
ARABSAT is about to launch it‘s 4th satel-
lite, called BADR-4. It will be co-located at
ARABSAT‘s „Hot Spot“ location at 26 East,
servicing as a backup for BADR-2 and BADR-
3, and eventually to take over. BADR-4 has
32 transponders in Ku-band
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