Designation | 25491 / 98056A |
Launch date | 5 Oct 1998 |
Country of origin | Europe |
Mission | Telecommunications |
Geostationary orbit | 16°E |
Launch vehicle | Ariane V111 |
Out of service | Jan 2010 |
Cause | Failure in orbit. Moved to the junk orbit in March. |
Prime contractor | Aerospatiale (with DASA, Alenia & SS/L) |
Platform | Spacebus-3000B2 |
Mass at launch | 2950 kg |
Mass in orbit | 1810 kg |
Dry mass | 1375 kg |
Dimension | 4.6 x 2.5 x 1.8 m |
Solar array | 29 m span |
Stabilization | 3-axis |
DC power | EOL: 5900 W |
Design lifetime | 12 years |
Main transponders | 34 (max 24 active at one time) |
Backup transponders | |
Power | 90 W |
Bandwidth |
21
x 36 MHz (9 switchable to steerable beam) 13 x 72 MHz (1 switchable to steerable beam) |
Coverage |
One
fixed beam to
cover the entire European continent and the Mediterranean Bassin One steerable beam to cover the Reunion Island |
EIRP max |
fixed:
50 dBW steerable: 52 dBW |
Polarization | linear |
Frequencies |
uplink:
13.0-13.25 GHz & 13.75-14.5 GHz downlink: 10.95-11.7 GHz & 12.5-12.75 GHz |
Horizontal
Uplink |
Horizontal
Downlink | Transponder |
Vertical
Downlink |
Vertical
Uplink | Bandwidth (MHz) | Switchable to |
10.99167 | B1 | 14.29167 | 72 | |||
14.29167 | B2 | 10.99167 | 72 | |||
11.07500 | B3 | 14.37500 | 72 | |||
14.37500 | B4 | 11.07500 | 72 | |||
11.15833 | B5 | 14.45833 | 72 | |||
14.45833 | B6 | 11.15833 | 72 | |||
13.00100 | C1 | 11.22075 | 36 | |||
11.24150 | C2 | 13.02175 | 36 | |||
13.04250 | C3 | 11.26225 | 36 | |||
11.28300 | C4 | 13.06325 | 36 | |||
13.08400 | C5 | 11.30375 | 36 | |||
11.32450 | C6 | 13.10475 | 36 | |||
13.12550 | C7 | 11.34525 | 36 | |||
11.36600 | C8 | 13.14625 | 36 | |||
13.16700 | C9 | 11.38675 | 36 | |||
11.40750 | C10 | 13.18775 | 36 | |||
13.20850 | C11 | 11.42825 | 36 | |||
11.44900 | C12 | 13.55925 | 36 | |||
13.77141 | D1 | 11.47141 | 36 | Steerable | ||
11.49216 | D2 | 13.79216 | 36 | Steerable | ||
13.81291 | D3 | 11.51291 | 36 | Steerable | ||
11.53366 | D4 | 13.83366 | 36 | Steerable | ||
13.85441 | D5 | 11.55441 | 36 | Steerable | ||
11.57516 | D6 | 13.87516 | 36 | Steerable | ||
13.89591 | D7 | 11.59591 | 36 | Steerable | ||
11.61666 | D8 | 13.91666 | 36 | Steerable | ||
13.95833 | D9 | 11.65833 | 72 | Steerable | ||
11.65816 | D10 | 13.95816 | 36 | Steerable | ||
12.54167 | F1 | 14.04167 | 72 | |||
14.04167 | F2 | 12.54167 | 72 | |||
12.62500 | F3 | 14.12500 | 72 | |||
14.12500 | F4 | 12.62500 | 72 | |||
12.70833 | F5 | 14.20833 | 72 | |||
14.20833 | F6 | 12.70833 | 72 |