Optus 10
Optus 10 | |
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Start date | September 11, 2014, 22:05 UTC |
Launcher | Ariane 5 VA-218 |
Launch site | Center Spatial Guyanais |
COSPAR-ID : | 2014-054A |
Takeoff mass | 3270 kg |
Dimensions | 5.1 m × 3.1 m × 3.1 m |
Span in orbit | 24.7 m |
Manufacturer | Space Systems / Loral |
Satellite bus | LS-1300 |
lifespan | 15 years |
Stabilization | three-axis stabilized |
operator | Optus |
Playback information | |
Transponder | 24 Ku band |
Transponder performance | 133 watt traveling wave tube amplifier |
Others | |
Electrical power | 7.3 kW |
position | |
First position | 164 ° East |
List of geostationary satellites |
Optus 10 is a communications satellite owned by the Australian telecommunications company Optus .
Structure and Mission
He was born on September 11, 2014 at 22:05 UTC with an Ariane 5 - launcher from the Guiana Space Center along with Measat-3b into a geostationary brought orbit and is designed to complement its future operator and provide redundancy satellites already in orbit longer contained .
The three-axis stabilized satellite with 24 Ku-band - transponders equipped and is on the position of 164 degrees East ° from Australia, New Zealand and parts of Antarctica with television, mobile and internet supply. It was built on the basis of the LS-1300 satellite bus from Space Systems / Loral and has a planned service life of 15 years.
Web links
- Announcement of Optus 10 by the operator ( memento of March 24, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- SSL press release after the launch of Optus 10
Individual evidence
- ↑ Optus 10 in the NSSDCA Master Catalog , accessed December 28, 2014.
- ↑ raumfahrer.net: Ariane 5 transports MEASAT 3b and Optus 10 into space by Thomas Weyrauch, accessed on December 26, 2014.
- ↑ arianespace.com: VA218 launch kit (PDF; 2.2 MB), accessed on December 26, 2014.