Nilesat 101

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Nilesat 101
Start date April 28, 1998
Launcher Ariane 4 V108
Launch site ELA-2 , Guyana Space Center
Takeoff mass 1840 kg
Mass in orbit 1100 kg
Manufacturer Matra Marconi Space (now EADS Astrium )
model Eurostar 2000
lifespan 15 years
operator Nilesat
Playback information
Transponder 12 Ku-band + 6 backup
Transponder performance 100 W
Bandwidth 12 x 33 MHz
EIRP North Africa 50 dBW
Others
Electrical power 3750 W
position
First position 7 ° west
Actual position Cemetery orbit
List of geostationary satellites

Nilesat 101 is a former television satellite of the Egyptian Satellite Co. (Nilesat) founded in 1996 . It was launched into space from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana in 1998 and relocated to cemetery orbit in February 2013 .

reception

The signal from the satellite could be received in North Africa and Southern Europe , in Germany from an antenna diameter of approx. 90 cm (vertical plane, horizontally polarized transponders required 110 to 150 cm). The transmission took place in the Ku band .

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