Mission type | Communications |
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Operator | AsiaSat |
COSPAR ID | 2017-057A |
SATCAT no. | 42942 |
Website | https://www.asiasat.com |
Mission duration | 15 years (planned) 6 years, 10 months and 21 days (in progress) |
Spacecraft properties | |
Spacecraft | Asiasat 9 |
Spacecraft type | SSL 1300 |
Bus | LS-1300 |
Manufacturer | Space Systems/Loral |
Launch mass | 6,141 kg (13,539 lb) |
Start of mission | |
Launch date | 28 September 2017, 18:52:16 UTC |
Rocket | Proton-M / Briz-M |
Launch site | Baikonur, Site 200/39 |
Contractor | Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center |
Entered service | November 2017 |
Orbital parameters | |
Reference system | Geocentric orbit[1] |
Regime | Geostationary orbit |
Longitude | 122° East |
Transponders | |
Band | 60 transponders: 28 C-band 32 Ku-band |
Bandwidth | 36 MHz and 54 MHz |
Coverage area | Asia, Australia, New Zealand |
AsiaSat 9 or Thaicom 7 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) and was launched into orbit on 28 September 2017.