Nilesat

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Egyptian Satellite Co. (Nilesat)
legal form Corporation
ISIN EGS48022C015
founding 1996
Seat Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar , Egypt
Number of employees 345 (end of 2010)
sales 126 million US dollars (2010)
Branch Satellite operator
Website nilesat.com.eg

Nilesat is an Egyptian company that operates several communications satellites and their associated ground stations. The company Egyptian Satellite Co. was founded in 1996, the headquarters are in Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar (City of October 6th). The largest shareholder is the state-run Egyptian Radio and Television Union with 40%. In 2010 the company achieved a turnover of 126 million US dollars .

Satellites

From September 2005 to June 2006 the Eutelsat satellite Hotbird 4 was used under the name Nilesat 103 at 7 ° W. In November 2010, Nilesat signed a contract with Eutelsat that allows the use of Eutelsat capacities for a period of 10 years. This was done first by the Atlantic Bird 4A satellite , later by the Atlantic Bird 7 (Eutelsat 7 West A) , which was launched on September 24, 2011 . Nilesat markets this capacity under the name Nilesat 104 .

At the beginning of 2013, Nilesat operated three of its own satellites, all of which were at 7 ° West :

  • Nilesat 101 , launched on April 28, 1998, out of service since February 2013
  • Nilesat 102 , launched on August 17, 2000, out of service since June 2018
  • Nilesat 201 launched on August 4, 2010

The Nilesat satellites were controlled by two ground stations at least until 2015, one at the company's headquarters in Madinat as-Sadis min Uktubar and one in Al-Hammam near Alexandria . The uplink Programs are (e) by stations in Cairo , Beirut , Amman , Riyadh , Doha and Dubai .

In September 2019, Nilesat operated these three satellites:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Egyptian Satellite Co. (Nilesat). G2Mi, archived from the original on April 18, 2015 ; accessed on June 7, 2013 .
  2. ^ Nilesat Company Profile. Nilesat, accessed June 7, 2013 .
  3. ↑ Gunter Krebs: Hot Bird 2, 3, 4, 5 / Eurobird 2, 9 → 4, 10, 16 / Eutelsat W48, W75 / Atlantic Bird 4 / Eutelsat 4B, 16B, 25A / Arabsat 2D → Badr 2 / Nilesat 103 / ABS 1B. In: Gunter's Space Page. June 3, 2013, accessed June 7, 2013 .
  4. ↑ Nilesat signs 10-year contract with Eutelsat for five transponders at 7 ° West. Eutelsat, November 9, 2010, accessed June 7, 2013 .
  5. ↑ Control Center. Nilesat, archived from the original on April 8, 2015 ; accessed on September 4, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Uplink Facilities. Nilesat, archived from the original on April 8, 2015 ; accessed on June 7, 2013 .
  7. ↑ Nilesat website , menu item “Satellites”, accessed on September 4, 2019.