53 Ku and three Ka transponders; will provide capacity for broadcasting and telecom/data services to Central Europe and Indian Ocean islands. Will support digital video broadcasting markets while coverage of Africa stretching from Senegal to South Africa will serve data and telecom markets.
Replaces Atlantic Bird 4A at 7 West.
First satellite with exclusively Ka-band communications payload.
"24 C-band, 25 Ku-band transponders serving Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Asia."
Low cost communications for sub-Saharan Africa; multinational organization.
"70 Ku-band transponders; serving Europe, Russia, Africa, Middle East and Central Asia."
"62 transponders, North and South America, Africa and Europe; will also carry an experiment for the US Department of Defense. Internet Routing in Space, or IRIS, is a technology demonstration project which will allow the satellite to perform IP routing rather than requiring a ground station to do so."
"46 Ku-band, 10 C-band transponders, S-band not in service due to anomaly."
64 Ku-band transponders.
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