Jacques van Oene
August 12th 05, 03:20 PM
Contact:John McCarthy
(212) 338-5345
Loral-Built Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) Satellite
Successfully Launched
World's Largest Commercial Satellite To Provide
Broadband Services Across Asia
Palo Alto, CA - August 11, 2005 - Thaicom 4 ( IPSTAR), a high-power,
broadband satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Shin Satellite
Plc of Thailand , was successfully launched today at 1:20 am PDT. The
satellite was put into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European
spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
With a launch weight of 14,300 pounds (6486 kilograms), Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR)
is the heaviest commercial satellite ever delivered to geosynchronous orbit.
Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) is designed to provide broadband services to both
enterprises and consumers throughout 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific
region.
"The demand for increased broadband access across the globe is a key driver
in the satellite manufacturing industry," said Bernard L. Schwartz, chairman
and CEO of Loral Space & Communications. "With Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) launched
and additional satellites designed for expanded Internet access being
manufactured at our Palo Alto facility, SS/L has proven itself as the leader
in the development and production of these sophisticated and complex
spacecraft."
The satellite has a massive total data throughput capacity of over 45 Gbps.
It is designed to provide users with data speeds of up to four Mbps on the
forward link and two Mbps on the return link. Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) will use
its seven on-board antennas to create 112 spot and regional beams in the Ku
and Ka frequency bands. The satellite will generate 14 kW of electrical
power throughout its planned 12-year service life.
Shin Satellite, a turnkey satellite operator, provides C- and Ku-band
transponder leasing, teleport and other value-added and engineering services
to users in Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia . Shin Satellite owns and
operates Thaicom 1A, Thaicom 2 and Thaicom 3. The satellites carry a total
of 47 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders offering over 100 channels. Thaicom
is the hotbird for Indochina, an emerging platform of choice for
transcontinental satellite television broadcasts from Europe to Australia .
The company has spent years researching and developing new technology to
make Internet via satellite more efficient, thus reducing costs and
improving the service to end-users.
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (OTCBB:
LRLSQ), is a premier designer, manufacturer, and integrator of powerful
satellites and satellite systems. SS/L also provides a range of related
services that include mission control operations and procurement of launch
services. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company has an international base
of commercial and governmental customers whose applications include
broadband digital communications, direct-to-home broadcast, defense
communications, environmental monitoring, and air traffic control. SS/L
satellites have amassed more than 1,200 years of reliable on-orbit service.
SS/L is ISO 9001:2000 certified. For more information, visit
www.ssloral.com.
Loral Space & Communications is a satellite communications company. In
addition to Space Systems/Loral, through its Skynet subsidiary Loral owns
and operates a fleet of telecommunications satellites used to broadcast
video entertainment programming, and for broadband data transmission,
Internet services and other value-added communications services. For more
information, visit Loral's web site at www.loral.com.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info
(212) 338-5345
Loral-Built Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) Satellite
Successfully Launched
World's Largest Commercial Satellite To Provide
Broadband Services Across Asia
Palo Alto, CA - August 11, 2005 - Thaicom 4 ( IPSTAR), a high-power,
broadband satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Shin Satellite
Plc of Thailand , was successfully launched today at 1:20 am PDT. The
satellite was put into orbit aboard an Ariane 5 rocket from the European
spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
With a launch weight of 14,300 pounds (6486 kilograms), Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR)
is the heaviest commercial satellite ever delivered to geosynchronous orbit.
Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) is designed to provide broadband services to both
enterprises and consumers throughout 14 countries in the Asia-Pacific
region.
"The demand for increased broadband access across the globe is a key driver
in the satellite manufacturing industry," said Bernard L. Schwartz, chairman
and CEO of Loral Space & Communications. "With Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) launched
and additional satellites designed for expanded Internet access being
manufactured at our Palo Alto facility, SS/L has proven itself as the leader
in the development and production of these sophisticated and complex
spacecraft."
The satellite has a massive total data throughput capacity of over 45 Gbps.
It is designed to provide users with data speeds of up to four Mbps on the
forward link and two Mbps on the return link. Thaicom 4 (IPSTAR) will use
its seven on-board antennas to create 112 spot and regional beams in the Ku
and Ka frequency bands. The satellite will generate 14 kW of electrical
power throughout its planned 12-year service life.
Shin Satellite, a turnkey satellite operator, provides C- and Ku-band
transponder leasing, teleport and other value-added and engineering services
to users in Asia, Africa, Europe and Australia . Shin Satellite owns and
operates Thaicom 1A, Thaicom 2 and Thaicom 3. The satellites carry a total
of 47 C-band and 20 Ku-band transponders offering over 100 channels. Thaicom
is the hotbird for Indochina, an emerging platform of choice for
transcontinental satellite television broadcasts from Europe to Australia .
The company has spent years researching and developing new technology to
make Internet via satellite more efficient, thus reducing costs and
improving the service to end-users.
Space Systems/Loral, a subsidiary of Loral Space & Communications (OTCBB:
LRLSQ), is a premier designer, manufacturer, and integrator of powerful
satellites and satellite systems. SS/L also provides a range of related
services that include mission control operations and procurement of launch
services. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., the company has an international base
of commercial and governmental customers whose applications include
broadband digital communications, direct-to-home broadcast, defense
communications, environmental monitoring, and air traffic control. SS/L
satellites have amassed more than 1,200 years of reliable on-orbit service.
SS/L is ISO 9001:2000 certified. For more information, visit
www.ssloral.com.
Loral Space & Communications is a satellite communications company. In
addition to Space Systems/Loral, through its Skynet subsidiary Loral owns
and operates a fleet of telecommunications satellites used to broadcast
video entertainment programming, and for broadband data transmission,
Internet services and other value-added communications services. For more
information, visit Loral's web site at www.loral.com.
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Jacques :-)
www.spacepatches.info