MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 08/10/2008
... rocket capacity. The new manifest includes Hot Bird 9, built by EADS Astrium, which has been at Kourou since Sept 16. Designed for consumer broadcasting to satellite and cable homes across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, “the high-power Ku-band Hot Bird 9 satellite, equipped with 64 transponders, will join Eutelsat's 13 degrees East position to increase in-orbit sparing at the...
MaldivianDigital® :: Forum (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Research Organization and according to Arianespace, is due to be shipped from Bangalore, India, to Kourou by mid-October. The satellite will be positioned at Eutelsat's 16 degrees East position. This will be the sixth Ariane 5 launch in 2008. Source: Satellite Today
RDI-SAT Forums (Free subscription) | 07/10/2008
... Astrium, the construction of HOT BIRD(TM) 9 was completed in July and the satellite arrived in Kourou from Toulouse on September 16 to be prepared for launch. W2M, which is built by EADS Astrium / ISRO is due to be shipped fromBangalore (India) to Kourou by mid-October to initiate final preparations for launch. Designed for consumer broadcasting to satellite and cable homes across...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 06/10/2008
... Astrium, the construction of HOT BIRD(TM) 9 was completed in July and the satellite arrived in Kourou from Toulouse on September 16 to be prepared for launch. W2M, which is built by EADS Astrium / ISRO is due to be shipped from Bangalore (India) to Kourou by mid-October to initiate final preparations for launch. Designed for consumer broadcasting to satellite and cable homes across Europe,...
