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A REPORT ON ASIASAT
COMPILED BY
BABATUNDE TOLUWALASE
12/67EC/313
ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING

OUTLINE

SATELLITE OVERVIEW

ASIASAT OVERVIEW

FUTURE/ PRESENT WORKDONE

CONCLUSION

IMAGE OF A SATELLITE

SATELLITE OVERVIEW
SATELLITE

A satellite is an object that moves around a larger object. Earth

is a satellite because it moves around the sun and the moon is
also a satellite because it moves around earth. Earth and the
moon are called natural satellite

The world first artificial satellite, the sputnik 1, was lunched by

the soviet union in 1957, since then, thousands of satellites
have been launched into orbit around the Earth, but about a
thousand satellites are currently operational.

TYPES OF SATELLITES
The common types of satellites include;

military and civilian earth observation satellites,

communication satellites

navigation satellites,

weather satellites and

research satellites.

BENEFITS OF SATELLITES

GLOBAL COVERAGE: satellite communication can deliver a terrestrial

grade experience with voice, video, and data that can be accessed
anywhere in the world. Ubiquitous coverage can be obtained with a
global network of multiple satellites all lying into one central network
management system.

RELIABILITY: satellites network are dependable, providing

constant connectivity even when terrestrial networks fail. With
satellites networks, enterprises can maintain business continuity
with built in redundancy and automatic back up services.

SATELLITE END OF LIFE

When satellites reach the end of their mission, satellites operators have
the option of deorbiting the satellites, leaving the satellites to a
graveyard orbit.

Historically, due to budgetary constraint at the beginning of satellites

missions, satellites were rarely designed to be deorbited, instead of
being deorbited, most satellites are either left in their current orbit or
moved to a graveyard orbit

BRIEF HISTORY OF ASIASAT

Asia sat commonly known as Asia satellite telecommunication is a

commercial operator of communication spacecraft.

Asia sat is based in Hong Kong with two major shareholders, CITIC
having 34.8 percent and Carlyle Asia partners IV, L.P with 34.1 percent.

It was founded in 1988 and has a total of 10 Asia sat satellites, both
launched and planned for future.

Asiasat offers an expanding range of mobility services for the aviation

and maritime industries. They enable people on the move in the air or
at sea to stay connected to the world from broadband internet access
to T.V and voice services

SATELLITE FLEETS

Asia satellite provides access to over two third of the worlds population.
To better meet increasing client demand for quality satellite capacity
and services, they are in the process of expanding the fleet with am
additional satellite scheduled to launch in 2017.

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ASIASAT 1

Asiasat 1 was an amazing venture in Asian satellite history. It began its

life as Westar VI, a satellite designed and built by hughes aircraft
company.

It was lunched 7 April 1990, asiasat was successfully launched by the

long march 3 rockets from xichang LC-3, by casc ( china aerospace
science and technology corporation) contractors.

Asiasat 1 was originally intended for telecommunications, the satellite

was used in supporting a wide range of broadcasting application when
it commenced commercial service in may 1990.

Asiasat 1 honorably retired February 2003 after 13 years of service, an

extended mission life as satellite was designed for a life of only 9-10
years.

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ASIASAT 2

It was lunched 28 november1995, asiasat was successfully launched by

the long march 2E rockets from xichang LC-2, by CGWIC ( china great
wall industry corporation ) contractors.

It is based on the AS-7000 satellite bus, at launch it had a mass of 3379

kilograms and designed life of thirteen years.

it is currently positiond in geostationary orbits at a longitude of

17degree East of the greenwitch meridian on lease to spacecom. It
spent most of its operational life at 100.5degree East from where it was
used to provide fixed satellite services including broadcasting, audio,
and data transmission to asia and the pacific ocean.

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ASIASAT 3

Asiasat 3 was launched 24 December 1997 by asiasat to Hong Kong to

provide communication and television services in Asia by proton
booster. asiasat was successfully launched by the proton-k or DM-2M
rockets from Baikonur site 81/82, by ILS ( international launch services )
contractors.

Asiasat 3 is now known as PAS-22, it was a geosynchronous

communication satellite which was salvage from an unusable
geosynchronous transfer orbit by means of the moon gravity, at
longitude 105.5 degree east(intended), 158degree west in 1998, then
62degree west in (1999-2002)

The mission of the satellite was planned for 15 years but was
operational for 4 years, it was decommissioned july 2002

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ASAISAT 4 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 4

Asiasat 4, a boeing 601HP satellite, is positioned at 122 degrees East

orbital location. In addition to a region wide c-band footprint, asiasat 4
also offers two fixed ku-band beam for East asia and Australia and a
steerable ku-beam

Asiasat 4 was lauched 11 april 2003 covering Asia, Middle East Cis And
Australasia. It has 28 numbers of transponders ( linearized ),36mhz
bandwidth, twta size 55 watts in CU-BAND.

Covering east asia and Australasia beam with 16 numbers of

transponders. Bandwidth of 54mhz and 33mhz and twta size of 140
watts in KU-BAND FSS

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ASIASAT 5 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 5

AsiaSat 5 is a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite equipped with

26 C-band and 14 Ku-band transponders at the orbital location of 100.5
degrees east. With a design life of 15+ years, AsiaSat 5 serves as a
replacement for AsiaSat 2 and has a C-band footprint that covers more
than 53 countries spanning from Russia to New Zealand and from Japan
to the Middle East and parts of Africa. AsiaSat 5 also offers a steerable
beam and two high-power fixed Ku-band beams over East Asia and
South Asia.

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ASIASAT 5 CONTD
C-BAND

KU-BAND

Coverage: 3 beams: East Asia

beam, South Asia beam and one
steerable beam

No. of Transponders: 14 (fixed

gain linearised or automatic level
control)

Transponder Bandwidth: 54 MHz

TWTA Size: 150 watts

Coverage: Asia, Middle East, Eastern Europe, CIS and

Australasia

No. of Transponders: 26 (linearised)

Transponder Bandwidth: 24 at 36 MHz,
2 at 72 MHz

TWTA Size: 65 watts

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ASIASAT 6 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 6

AsiaSat 6, based on Space Systems/Loral 1300 platform, is designed to

provide excellent power and wide coverage over Asia, Australasia,
Central Asia and the Pacific islands. AsiaSat 6 is equipped with 28 highpowered C-band transponders, with a design life of 15+ years. It is
positioned at the 120 degrees East orbital slot, with a global beam and
a regional beam to offer enhanced power and look angles for video
distribution and broadband network services in the region.

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ASAISAT 6 CONTD
C-BAND

Coverage: Asia, Australasia, Central Asia and Pacific Islands

No. of Transponders: 28 (linearised)

Transponder Bandwidth: 36 MHz

TWTA Size: 100 watts

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ASIASAT 7 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 7

AsiaSat 7 was launched by ILS Proton Breeze M vehicle from Baikonur,

Kazakhstan on 26 November 2011. It is designed as a replacement
satellite for AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East.
AsiaSat 7 is a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite, with a design
life of 15+ years. It carries 28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders,
and a Ka-band payload. With its region-wide C-band footprint covering
Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia, and high-power Ku
beams serving East Asia and South Asia, and a steerable Ku beam
optimised over Australia, AsiaSat 7 supports a broad range of
applications including TV broadcast and VSAT networks across the
region.

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ASAISAT 7 CONTD
C-BAND

KU-BAND

Coverage: 3 beams: East Asia beam,

South Asia beam and one steerable
beam

No. of Transponders: 17 (fixed gain

linearised or automatic level control)

Transponder Bandwidth: 54 MHz

and wideband

TWTA Size: 150 watts

Coverage: Asia, Middle East, Central Asia and Australasia

No. of Transponders: 28 (linearised)

Transponder Bandwidth: 36 MHz

TWTA Size: 65 watts

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ASIASAT 8 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 8

AsiaSat 8 is a new Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite equipped

with 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band payload.Co-located with
AsiaSat 7 at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees east, AsiaSat 8
provides exceptional power and additional Ku beam coverage with
inter-beam switching capability for services including DTH television,
private networks and broadband services. AsiaSat 8 is the most
powerful member of our fleet, with a payload power of8,500 watts.

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ASIASAT 8 CONTD
KU-BAND

KA-BAND

Coverage: 4 beams: China beam, India beam, Middle East

beam and South East Asia beam
No. of Transponders: 24

Transponder Bandwidth: 54 MHz

TWTA Size: 210 watts

Coverage: Regional beam

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ASAISAT 9 IMAGE

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ASIASAT 9

AsiaSat 9 is AsiaSats next generation satellite, planned to replace

AsiaSat 4 at 122 degrees East Longitude. AsiaSat 9 is a Space
Systems/Loral 1300E satellite equipped with 28 C-band and 32 Ku-band
transponders, and a Ka-band payload. AsiaSat 9 will provide additional
capacity, enhanced power and coverage for DTH, video distribution,
private networks and broadband services across the Asia-Pacific region.
AsiaSat 9 is planned for launch in 2017.

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ASIASAT 9 CONTD
C-BAND

KU-BAND

Coverage: 5 beams: Australasia

beam, East Asia beam, Indonesia
beam, Mongolia beam and Myanmar
beam

No. of Transponders: 32
(linearised)

Transponder Bandwidth: 54 MHz

TWTA Size: 200 watts

Coverage: Asia, Middle East, CIS, Australasia

No. of Transponders: 28 (linearised)

Transponder Bandwidth: 36 MHz

TWTA Size:110 watts

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CONCLUSION

Asiasat offers an expanding range of mobility services for the aviation

and maritime industries. They enable people on the move in the air or
at sea to stay connected to the world from broadband internet access
to T.V and voice services

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