AsiaSat 9 fully operational at 122°E!

Launch Date/Time: 29 September 2017 Baikonur time 00:52:16 | Hong Kong time 02:52:16 | GMT 18:52:16 (28 September 2017)

Launch Location: Baikonur, Kazakhstan

Launch Vehicle: Proton M/Breeze M

Video Replay of Launch

Progress:

Separation for Stages 1, 2 & 3 and PLF Jettison completed successfully
1st main engine burn completed successfully
2nd main engine burn completed successfully
3rd main engine burn completed successfully
4th main engine burn completed successfully
5th main engine burn completed successfully
AsiaSat acquired the first signals from the satellite in Hong Kong 7 hours, 54 minutes after the launch
Approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after lift-off, the AsiaSat 9 spacecraft successfully separated from the upper stage of the launch vehicle
North and south solar array deployed successfully
First AMF completed
Second AMF completed
Third AMF completed
Fourth AMF completed
Antenna reflectors deployed successfully
Stationary plasma thrusters deployed successfully
Trim maneuver firings completed
AsiaSat 9 arrived at 122ºE

The most powerful satellite from AsiaSat, to replace AsiaSat 4 at 122°E

Satellite Manufacturer: Space Systems Loral (SSL)
S/C Power (EOL) = 20765 watts
Separation Mass = 6141 kg

Payload

28 C-band transponders - TWTA @ 110 watts
32 Ku-band transponders - TWTA @ 200 watts
Ka-band regional payload - TWTA @ 123 watts

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Enhancements over AsiaSat 4

Additional capacity, enhanced power and coverage for video applications such as DTH, video contribution / distribution, also data applications such as VSAT private networks (corporate, mobile backhaul etc.) and broadband services across the Asia-Pacific region.

C-band: Greater Power, More Bandwidth, Higher Efficiency and Wider Coverage with Asia’s highest powered 110 watts C-band TWTA.

Ku-band: 3 new dedicated high power Ku-band beams covering Indonesia (downlink EIRP up to 55dBW), Myanmar (up to 55dBW), Mongolia (up to 52dBW), in addition to enhanced East Asia and Australasia beams; Cross-strap switching capability to allow uplink and downlink across different Ku-band beams.

Unique Benefits & New Cutting Edge Features

Introducing 3 powerful Ku-band Beam (Myanmar, Indonesia and Mongolia) and new cross-strap beam switching capability for flexible coverage - e.g. uplink from East Asia beam and downlink via Myanmar beam, or vice versa

Doubling spectral density (bit/Hz) - to support higher mod/cod on areas with 3dB enhancement in the downlink EIRP power

Improved uplink G/T contour (dB/K) - allowing an optimised usage of customer HPA for remotes sites

Special filter design on spacecraft - to achieve higher bandwidth for C-band transponders. With combined higher power and wider bandwidth, AsiaSat 9 delivers significantly higher throughput

Employment of conduction-cooled LTWTA - improves panel layout to provide more consistent EIRP across channels, meaning a higher degree of performance stability for multi-transponder customers

Star Tracker - Robust and reliable way to ensure a higher pointing accuracy, about 20% better than traditional earth sensor only spacecraft

Stationary Plasma Thrusters (SPTs) - Equipped with Hall Effect Thrusters that use electrical energy to change the velocity of the spacecraft which more efficiency than chemical thrusters. As a result, higher stability and reliability can be achieved for stationkeeping and better performance at edge of coverage

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