[Swprograms] New Direct To Home TV Satellite

[Joe Buch <joseph.buch@xxxxxxx>]

It sounds like we will have in two years a satellite capable of broadcasting TV direct-to-home from a location over the mid-Atlantic Ocean.  It should be visibile from North America, Africa, South America and Europe leading one to suspect it may be used by international broadcasters to bypass local gatekeepers.

4/18/2005 11:26:01 AM

DULLES, Va., Apr 18, 2005 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Orbital Sciences Corporation (ORB) announced today that it has signed a new geosynchronous (GEO) communications satellite contract with PanAmSat Corporation (PA). PanAmSat's new spacecraft will provide C- and Ku-band fixed telecommunications and direct-to-home television broadcasting services from a mid-Atlantic orbital location. 

The new satellite, to be called PAS-11, will carry up to 18 active Ku-band transponders and 16 active C-band transponders. The satellite will generate approximately 4.5 kilowatts of electrical power and will weigh approximately 2,500 kg at launch. Delivery of the satellite is scheduled in the first quarter of 2007.

More information about Orbital can be found at http://www.orbital.com 

SOURCE: Orbital Sciences Corporation 

Orbital Sciences Corporation
Barron Beneski, 703-406-5528 
Beneski.barron@xxxxxxxxxxx

Copyright Business Wire 2005 


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