"Carries plasma thrusters mounted to articulating robotic arms for nearly all its in-orbit maneuvers, eliminating the need for large conventional liquid propellant tanks."
Placed into the wrong transfer orbit; working its way up and should be totally operational.
Primarily for video and the development of Ultra HD.
"All Ku-band, 57 transponders. Asia-Pacific region"
62 Ku-band transponders as well as 4 Ka-band transponders
Comsat to cover Eastern Europe with Direct to Home and cable feeds to digital television networks. It also carries a hosted L-band payload for the European Commission?s European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
Direct broadcast TV and communications network services to India and south-east Asia.
"Broadcast, Vsat and broadband services to Europe."
"Prime position for SES - BBC, ITV, Channel 5."
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