ARLA/CLUSTER: AMSAT-DL: Contrato de construção de novo satélite para o Qatar inclui transponders para o Phase 4

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Contract to build Es’hailSat includes AMSAT-DL Phase 4 transponders

*Gunter Krebs* reports on his Space Pages on the web that Es'hailSat has
signed a contract with MELCO to build the Es'hail-2 geostationary
comsat.

Es'hail 2 is a planned communication satellite operated by Es’hailSat, the
Qatar Satellite Company. It will also feature an radio amateur payload.

The new satellite will be positioned at the 26° East hotspot position for
TV broadcasting and significantly adds to the company’s ability to provide
high quality, premium DTH television content across the Middle East and
North Africa. It will feature Ku-band and Ka-band transponders to provide
TV distribution and government services to strategic stakeholders and
commercial customers who value broadcasting and communications
independence, interference resilience, quality of service and wide
geographical coverage. Es’hail 2 is expected to be launched at the end of
2016.

In September 2014, a contract with MELCO was signed to build the
satellite based on the DS-2000 bus.

Es'hail 2 will also provide the first Amateur Radio geostationary
communication capability linking Brazil and India.
It will carry two "Phase 4" Amateur Radio transponders. The payload will
consist of a 250 kHz linear transponder intended for conventional analogue
operations in addition to another transponder which will have an 8 MHz
bandwidth.
The latter transponder is intended for experimental digital modulation
schemes and DVB amateur television. The uplinks will be in the 2.400-2.450
GHz and the downlinks in the 10.450-10.500 GHz amateur satellite service
allocations. Both transponders will have broad beam antennas to provide
full coverage over about third of the earth’s surface. The Qatar Amateur
Radio Society andQatar Satellite Company are cooperating on the amateur
radio project. AMSAT-DL is providing technical support to the project.

This story is posted at:
http://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/eshail-2.htm

Thanks to Gunter's Space Pages and ANS for the above information
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