China launched Chinasat 6B Thursday, said the Chinese government ...
China launched Chinasat 6B Thursday, said the Chinese government and Chinasat 6B contractor Thales Alenia Space. Thales Alenia Space helped with the launch and will do in- orbit testing once Chinasat 6B reaches its orbital location of 115.5 degrees…
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east, the company said. Chinasat 6B, based on Thales Alenia Space’s Spacebus 4000 C2 platform, is guaranteed a 15-year life span. Carrying 38 C-band transponders and operating on 9.5 kW of electrical power, it will enable ChinaSatCom to offer 300 TV programs across China, southeast Asia, the Pacific and Oceania. Chinasat 6B is the second contract for Thales Alenia Space by ChinaSatCom, said Thales, whose predecessor, Alcatel, built parts for Chinasat 1 in 1984. The launch was the seventh Chinese satellite sent up year. Chinasat 9, which will offer direct-to-home satellite TV with high-definition signals, is set for a fall launch.