Archive for the ‘Arabsat’ Category
GlobeCast & ARABSAT collaborate to launch GAB on ARABSAT 5C to cover Africa
GlobeCast and ARABSAT have announced that the Global Arabic Bouquet (GAB), a grouping of premium Arabic channels from the Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) available anywhere in the world, is now located on the 5C satellite over Africa. This satellite, ARABSAT’s newest, was launched in September 2011.
Source: www.mediamughals.com
Arabsat transfers telecom network services to new satellite
Middle-East communications satellite operator Arabsat has succeeded in executing its plans to transfer its telecommunications network services from Arabsat-2B satellite to its new Arabsat-5C satellite at 20 degrees East which was launched successfully in September. The new satellite carries telecommunications networks for the Arab States and the African continent and private networks operating at Ka-band in addition to Direct To Home bouquets transmitted in C-band to the African continent.
Source: www.telecompaper.com
Astrium… Handover Handled (Satellite)
The Arabsat-5C satellite has been handed over to ARABSAT by Astrium as part of the in-orbit delivery contract. In less than a week, Arabsat-5C is the third satellite based on the highly reliable Astrium’s Eurostar E3000 platform to enter commercial service. After the successful completion of in-orbit testing to ensure that all spacecraft functions were performing as expected, the Arabsat-5C satellite, launched by Ariane 5 on September 21, 2011, was officially transferred to ARABSAT on October 26th. at the designated orbital location.
Source: www.satnews.com