Isro-built European satellite W2M along with Eutelsat's Hot Bird 9 satellite for broadcasting services will launch on 21 December.
The Ariane-5 rocket will be launched from Kourou spaceport in French Guiana, South America. The W2M carries 32 transponders in Ku-band as against 64 transponders in the same band by Hot Bird. Its transponders will be used for the broadcast of digital and the new high-definition TV channels, besides interactive services. The satellites will cover a vast area extending across Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. "W2M displays great flexibility to operate a wide range of services from television broadcasting to data networks and broadband. It has fixed beam coverage for Europe, North Africa and Middle East and a steerable beam which can be re-oriented in orbit according to market requirements, notably towards Africa and central Asia," Antrix managing director Sreedhar Murthy pointed out. According to Arianespace, the W2M, to be carried in the rocket's lower passenger slot, will be positioned at an orbital slot of 16 degrees east. Its 32 transponders will provide both television and radio broadcasting services for Eutelsat. Hot Bird will be released first during the mission sequence from the rocket's upper position stack and deployed in the orbital slot of 13 degrees East.. The 3,462-kg W2M was designed and built at the satellite centre of Isro in Bangalore at $80 million (Rs 4 billion) for the European satellite operator (Eutelsat) under the Isro-EADS-Astrium alliance formed in 2006. Isro-Antrix formed the alliance with EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space) Astrium, Europe's satellite system specialist to build communication and broadcast satellites for the international market. _________________________ http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k8/dec/dec202.php Jaisakthivel, (ADXC) Chennai, India /////////////////////// For Contact: Jaisakthivel,59,Annai Sathya Nagar, Arumbakkam,Chennai-600106,India Visit: www.dxersguide.blogspot.com www.sarvadesavaanoli.blogspot.com Join: www.groups.yahoo.com/group/sarvadesavanoli Mobile: +91 98413 66086 /////////////////////// Get perfect Email ID for your Resume. Grab now http://in.promos.yahoo.com/address ---[Start Commercial]--------------------- Order your WRTH 2008: http://www.hard-core-dx.com/redirect2.php?id=wrth2008 ---[End Commercial]----------------------- ________________________________________ Hard-Core-DX mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/hard-core-dx http://www.hard-core-dx.com/ _______________________________________________ THE INFORMATION IN THIS ARTICLE IS FREE. It may be copied, distributed and/or modified under the conditions set down in the Design Science License published by Michael Stutz at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/dsl.html
