{"id":84049,"date":"2011-10-26T00:07:54","date_gmt":"2011-10-25T16:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/asiasat-7-arrives-early-in-baikonur-for-november-ils-launch\/"},"modified":"2011-10-26T00:07:54","modified_gmt":"2011-10-25T16:07:54","slug":"asiasat-7-arrives-early-in-baikonur-for-november-ils-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/asiasat-7-arrives-early-in-baikonur-for-november-ils-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"AsiaSat 7 Arrives Early in Baikonur for November ILS Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[10-25-11] Satellite manufacturer <b>Space Systems\/Loral (SS\/L)<\/b> shipped theAsiaSat 7 communications satellite it designed and built for <b>Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat)<\/b> one month ahead of schedule, SS\/L confirmed Oct. 24.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;SS\/L also announced that the satellite arrived safely at the Baikonur Space Center, where it will be launched aboard an <b>International Launch Services (ILS)<\/b> Proton Breeze M vehicle. The launch is currently scheduled for Nov. 26.<br \/>\n&nbsp; &nbsp;\u201cTo ensure service continuity, AsiaSat retires satellite production schedule and launch risks through an early procurement process. SS\/L\u2019s exemplary performance means that we will have additional capacity on-orbit well ahead of the planned date for the AsiaSat 3S replacement,\u201d AsiaSat President and CEO William Wade said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp; &nbsp;AsiaSat 7 will carry 28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders, and a Ka-band payload. The FSS spacecraft aims to provide television broadcast services and support telephone networks and VSAT networks across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat 7 will ultimately replace AsiaSat 3S at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East when the latter reaches its end of life in 2014. &nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[10-25-11] Satellite manufacturer Space Systems\/Loral (SS\/L) shipped theAsiaSat 7 communications satellite it designed and built for Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat) one month ahead of schedule, SS\/L confirmed Oct. 24. &nbsp; &nbsp;SS\/L also announced that the satellite arrived safely at the Baikonur Space Center, where it will be launched aboard an International Launch Services [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-84049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84049"}],"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=84049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}