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Product Name: MEASAT-3
Product Description
In March 2003, Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. of Malaysia ordered a
high-power commercial communications satellite from Boeing Satellite Systems.
The new Boeing 601HP satellite, designated MEASAT-3, will join the existing
Boeing-built MEASAT-1 and MEASAT-2 spacecraft in the Malaysia-East Asia
Satellite (MEASAT) system.
MEASAT-3 will be co-located with MEASAT-1 at 91.5 degrees East longitude and
will provide expansion and back-up capacity for Binariang to meet the increasing
market demand for satellite services within the region. Boeing will also provide
an upgrade to the MEASAT ground facilities on Pulau Langkawi, Malaysia, as well
as training and launch support services.
Scheduled for launch in 2005, MEASAT-3 will employ 24 C-band and 24 Ku-band
transponders, each providing 36 MHz of bandwidth over a 15-year minimum service
life. MEASAT-3 s C-band payload will cover Africa, Middle East, Asia and
Australia. The Ku-band payload has been designed to provide high-powered
flexible service options for the development of data services and Direct-to-Home
applications in Malaysia, Indonesia, India and China.
The body-stabilized Boeing 601 satellite is the best-selling large spacecraft
model in the world. Eighty-one orders for the spacecraft had been received by
September 2003.
The Boeing 601 was introduced in 1987 to meet anticipated requirements for
high-power, multiple-payload satellites for such applications as direct
television broadcasting to small receiving antennas, very small aperture
terminals for private business networks, and mobile communications. The basic
configuration features as many as 48 transponders and offers up to 4,800 watts.
Stowed (left); In Orbit (right)
A more powerful version, the Boeing 601HP, made its debut in 1995. The HP
versions can carry payloads twice as powerful as the classic Boeing 601 models,
through such innovations as gallium arsenide solar cells and advanced battery
technology. The 601HP features as many as 60 transponders and provides up to
11,000 watts.
All Boeing 601 spacecraft use the same basic bus design, enabling Boeing
Satellite Systems to realize efficiencies gained by production volume, tooling
investments and quantity buys.
Binariang Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. is
the only licensed commercial satellite operator in Malaysia. Binariang pioneered
the development of high-powered Ku-band Direct-to-Home services into South East
Asia with the launch of MEASAT-1 and MEASAT-2 in 1996, providing Cband and
Ku-band connectivity spanning India, Asia, Australia and the U.S. via Hawaii.
Boeing Satellite Systems is the world's leading manufacturer of commercial
communications satellites and a major provider of space systems, satellites, and
payloads for national defense, science and environmental applications.
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