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.
53 Ku-band and three Ka-band transponders.
"24 C-band, 25 Ku-band transponders serving Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Russia and Asia."
First satellite with exclusively Ka-band communications payload.
"46 Ku-band, 10 C-band transponders, S-band not in service due to anomaly."
"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."
Replaces Atlantic Bird 4A at 7 West.
Replaced Eutelsat 70A.
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