X-Nico

4 unusual facts about Communications satellite


1998 abduction of foreign engineers in Chechnya

The four men had been working for Granger Telecom, a British telecommunication company which had won a £183m contract for the separatist government-run company Chechentelekom to install telephone lines, satellite links and a mobile phone system throughout the war-ravaged republic; the work was suspended after the four men were kidnapped.

Network operations center

Satellite network environments process large amounts of voice and video data, in addition to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information.

Signaling System No. 5

C5 was designed for Inter-Continental traffic where many transmission paths were lengthy terrestrial, often submarine cable, and geostationary satellite links.

Vickram Bahl

He has been presenting television popular programmes such as Biz Talk, Future Tense, Face to Face and Global Vision on Jain TV, which is among the first Indian private television satellite channels.


Astra 1C

Astra 1C was the third communications satellite placed in orbit by SES, and was originally deployed at the Astra 19.2°E orbital position.

Astra 23.5°E

Astra 23.5°E is a group of Astra communications satellites co-located at the 23.5° east position in the Clarke Belt owned and operated by SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.

Astra 28.2°E

Astra 28.2°E is the name for the group of Astra communications satellites co-located at the 28.2° East position in the Clarke Belt that are owned and operated by SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.

Astra 31.5°E

Astra 31.5°E is the name for the group of Astra communications satellites co-located at the 31.5° east position in the Clarke Belt owned and operated by SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.

Astra 3A

Astra 3A is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES, launched in 2002 to the Astra 23.5°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio for DTH and cable, multimedia and interactive services, corporate networks, and occasional and other business services to central Europe.

Astra 5°E

Astra 5°E is the name for the Astra communications satellites co-located at the 5° east position in the Clarke Belt which are owned and operated by SES based in Betzdorf, Luxembourg.

Communications in Iran

Since the 1970s, there have been a number of proposals for a state-owned communications satellite, called Zohreh (en:Venus) from 1993 onwards.

Eutelsat 16B

Eutelsat 16B, formerly known as Hot Bird 4, Atlantic Bird 4, Nilesat 103 and Eurobird 16, is a communications satellite owned and operated by Eutelsat.

Galaxy 23

Galaxy 23 is the name given to the C-band service of the Galaxy 23/EchoStar 9 communications satellite jointly owned by Intelsat and EchoStar located at 121° W longitude, serving the North American market.

PasComSat

Passive Communications Satellite or PasComSat, also known as OV1-8 was a communications satellite launched by USAF as part of the Orbiting Vehicle program.

Redu Station

The ground terminals provide tracking capabilities in C-band, L-band, S-band, telecommunication satellites.

Telstar 12

Telstar 12, previously known as Orion 2, is a Canadian communications satellite which is operated by Telesat.

Thaicom 6

Thaicom 6 is a Thai television satellite of the Thaicom series, to be operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited (formerly Shin Satellite Public Company Limited), a subsidiary of Shin Corporation headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.


see also

A Human Right

In December, 2010 they launched Buy This Satellite, a fundraising effort to purchase the TerreStar-1 communications satellite, after its owner, TerreStar Corporation, filed for bankruptcy.

Communication Moon Relay

Menzell was a staff member of the Harvard College Observatory and a former United States Navy Reserve commander, who proposed that the Navy undertake a program to use the Moon as a secure communications satellite.

Edgar Bolden

After graduation, he worked at Wright Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio, the Bureau of Standards in Washington D.C. and later at RCA in Princeton, New Jersey where he worked on communications satellite systems.

Edusat

GSAT-3, an Indian communications satellite which is also known as EDUSAT

IA5

Galaxy 25, formerly Intelsat Americas 5, a medium-powered communications satellite

Lucius D. Battle

In 1968, Battle resigned from the Foreign Service to work as Vice President of Communications Satellite Corporation (Comsat).

Pierre J. Thuot

During that mission, Thuot, along with astronaut Richard Hieb, performed three space walks which resulted in the capture and repair of the stranded Intelsat VI F3 communications satellite.

Proton-M

In September 2007, a Proton-M/Briz-M rocket carrying Japan's JCSAT-11 communications satellite failed to achieve orbit, and fell in the Ulytau District of Kazakhstan.