[10-03-11] International Launch Services<\/b> (ILS) has launched operator SES\u2019<\/b> QuetzSat-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on board an Proton Breeze M rocket, the companies confirmed Sept. 30.
\n Space Systems\/Loral (SS\/L)<\/b>, which was procured by SES to build QuetzSat-1, said the satellite is now performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. \u201cThe satellite deployed its solar arrays early this morning. Tomorrow, it will begin the first of several thruster firings to maneuver into geosynchronous orbit,\u201d SS\/L said in a company statement.
\n The Ku-band QuetzSat-1 was designed as a 20-kilowatt broadcasting satellite to provide advanced DTH television coverage over Mexico, the United States and Central America. The spacecraft is based on SS\/L\u2019s 1300 satellite platform and carries 32 Ku-band transponders. QuetzSat-1 is SS\/L\u2019s sixth successfully launched 20-kilowatt satellite. The QuetzSat-1 satellite will be placed into position at the 77 degrees West orbital slot to be used in part by Dish Mexico<\/b>, an EchoStar<\/b> joint venture, for Direct-To-Home (DTH) services in Mexico and for Dish Network<\/b> in the United States.
\n EchoStar has leased the entire capacity of QuetzSat-1 for 10 years. Because the satellite is fully leased, it will immediately begin generating revenue for SES following in-orbit testing. SES said the satellite is an important part of the company\u2019s current satellite expansion program.
\n \u201cThe launch of QuetzSat-1 is the fourth successful SES satellite launch this year, and we look forward to providing EchoStar with a state-of-the-art new satellite to support the services they provide to their customers in the United States and Mexico,\u201d SES President and CEO Romain Bausch said in a statement.
\n \u201cQuetzSat-1 is a very important satellite to SES and their customer EchoStar and ILS has worked in partnership to make this launch a success. We thank the teams of SES, ILS, Khrunichev and Space Systems\/Loral for ensuring mission success with the ILS Proton launch of QuetzSat-1 and we look forward to our upcoming launches with SES,\u201d ILS President Frank McKenna said following the launch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
[10-03-11] International Launch Services (ILS) has launched operator SES\u2019 QuetzSat-1 satellite into geostationary transfer orbit on board an Proton Breeze M rocket, the companies confirmed Sept. 30. Space Systems\/Loral (SS\/L), which was procured by SES to build QuetzSat-1, said the satellite is now performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. \u201cThe satellite deployed its solar […]<\/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-84155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84155"}],"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=84155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}