Lockheed Martin will build Rainbow DBS’s next 5 geostationary sat...
Lockheed Martin will build Rainbow DBS’s next 5 geostationary satellites at a reported price tag of $740 million, as expected, the companies said Nov. 29. The satellites -- designated Rainbow Ka-1 through Ka-5 -- will be completed over 38-50…
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months, but no launch details have been announced. The satellites are based on Lockheed Martin’s A2100AX and have a predicted service life of 15 years, the company said. They will be at 62W, 71W, 77W, 119W and 129W degrees. The 5 will serve the continental U.S. and the westernmost satellites will serve Alaska and Hawaii. They will allow the company, which operates the 39-channel Voom satellite service, to increase channel capacity to at least 5,000 HD channels when operating in spot beam mode (CD Nov 24 p10).