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[21.04.2008] Amos-3

Baikonur. March 19. Kazakhstan Today - Preparation for launch of Israeli satellite Amos-3 began at Baikonur, the agency reports referring to the source at the cosmodrome.

In the assembly-test case of the platform №31 the experts of the cosmodrome and foreign manufacturers of the satellite Amos-3 started operations on installation in the test bench of the space vehicle to carry its pre-launch preparation.

The space vehicle Amos-3 with the auxiliary equipment was delivered on March 18 to the air station Yubileyny.

The satellite Amos-3 should replace device Amos-1 launched in 1996. Amos-3 will expand coverage zone of re-transmitters of Q-range, will provide high-quality communication and broadband data transmission on the territory of the Near East, Europe, Africa, as well as in some areas of the Northern and South America.

The satellite Amos-3 will be launched by the booster rocket Zenith-3SL. The forthcoming launch of the carrier rocket Zenith-3SLB - the first from Baikonur - will be carried out within the limits of the new international program Land-based launch. The assembly-test body on the platform №42 has been reconstructed and the starting complex of the platform №45 has been modernized at the cosmodrome for carrying out of the launch of the booster rocket Zenith-3SL used for launches from the marine platform Odyssey under the program Sea Launch.

Satellite Data

Manufacturer : Israel Aircraft Industries (IAI)
Orbital Location : 4 West
Launch Date : December 2007 (scheduled)
Mission period : 12 years
# of transponders: 15
Transponder BW : 72 MHZ
Beams : ME, EU, US, Steerable
Polarizations :

* Ku - Linear (V & H)
* Ka - Circular (RHCP & LHCP)

Frequency Bands :

* Ku band uplink : 14.00 to 14.50 GHZ
* Ku band downlink : 10.95 to 11.45 GHZ
* Ka band uplink : 29.40 to 30.60 GHZ
* Ka band downlink : 19.60 to 20.80 GHZ

EIRP at beam center :

* Ku band : 56 dBW
* Ka band : 56 dBW

G/T at beam center :

* ME - 15 dB/k
* EU - 14.5 dB/k
* US - 9 dB/k

Source: http://www.rdi-board.com

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