{"id":78080,"date":"2014-03-21T19:29:18","date_gmt":"2014-03-21T11:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/eshailsat-issues-rfp-for-second-satellite\/"},"modified":"2014-03-21T19:29:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-21T11:29:18","slug":"eshailsat-issues-rfp-for-second-satellite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/eshailsat-issues-rfp-for-second-satellite\/","title":{"rendered":"Es\u2019hailSat Issues RFP for Second Satellite"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>[Via Satellite 03-21-2014] Qatar-based <b>Es\u2019hailSat<\/b> has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to design and manufacture its second satellite, the Es\u2019hailSat 2, to be located at the 26 degrees east orbital slot. The satellite, with both Ku- and Ka-band capabilities, will provide government services and TV broadcasting services that will help the company offer DTH content throughout the Middle East and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p>Es\u2019hailSat 2 will also deliver the first Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation (AMSAT) geostationary communication capability, linking Brazil and India in real-time. Proposals are due by April 30, 2014, with the satellite expected to launch by the end of 2016.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith the success of our first satellite Es\u2019hail 1 we are delighted to move forward with our satellite procurement program. Es\u2019hail 2 demonstrates both our commitment to providing premium satellite capacity for broadcasters in the MENA region and to building a sustainable satellite industry for the State of Qatar,\u201d said Ali Al Kuwari, CEO of Es\u2019hailSat.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 03-21-2014] Qatar-based Es\u2019hailSat has issued a request for proposal (RFP) to design and manufacture its second satellite, the Es\u2019hailSat 2, to be located at the 26 degrees east orbital slot. The satellite, with both Ku- and Ka-band capabilities, will provide government services and TV broadcasting services that will help the company offer DTH [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":75170,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78080","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78080"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78080"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78080\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78080"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78080"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78080"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}