[21.04.2008] Amos-3 |
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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 ¹31 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 ¹42 has been reconstructed and the starting complex of the platform ¹45 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 |