{"id":86913,"date":"2010-05-26T01:15:14","date_gmt":"2010-05-25T17:15:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/arianespace-launches-astra-3b-comsatbw-2-satellites\/"},"modified":"2010-05-26T01:15:14","modified_gmt":"2010-05-25T17:15:14","slug":"arianespace-launches-astra-3b-comsatbw-2-satellites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/arianespace-launches-astra-3b-comsatbw-2-satellites\/","title":{"rendered":"Arianespace Launches Astra 3B, ComsatBw-2 Satellites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[05-25-10] <strong>Arianespace<\/strong> has successfully launched the Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 satellites after technical problems delayed the launch for nearly two months, Arianespace announced May 24.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first Ariane 5 launch of 2010 was initially scheduled for April, but problems arose after Arianespace detected an anomaly in the launch vehicle\u2019s pressurization system.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWe have already seen a strong take-up of the new capacity by our customers and successfully pre-contracted a significant number of transponders prior to launch. This shows the high expectations of our customers and their continuous demand for Astra capacity,\u201d <strong>SES Astra<\/strong> CEO Ferdinand Kayser said in a statement. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Astra 3B satellite has 60 Ku and four Ka-band transponders (after the first five years 56 Ku- and four Ka-band transponders) and will be located at 23.5 degrees East. It will deliver DTH broadcast services to the Benelux and&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Eastern Europe, and serve public and private satellite communication networks across Europe and the Middle East.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ComsatBw-2 satellite will deliver key services for the German Bundeswehr (armed forces).&nbsp; The satellite will be positioned at the orbital position of 13.2 degrees East.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">Arianespace Ready for Astra 3B Launch; May Not Be  Ready for Hylas 1<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 17, 2010<br \/>\n[05-17-10] Arianespace will  launch SES Astra 3B broadcasting satellite and the German military\u2019s  ComsatBw 2 communications platform May 21 after problems with the Ariane  5 rocket\u2019s helium pressurization system pushed the launch back\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Arianespace Debut Soyuz Launch Date Confirmed<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;  \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tMay 12, 2010<br \/>\n[05-12-10] Arianespace,  Roscosmos, the European Space Agency (ESA) and the French space agency  (CNES) have confirmed that the French Guiana Space Center s inaugural  launch of the Soyuz rocket will take place during the fourth\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">SES Feels Impact of Astra 3B Delays, AMC-16 Anomaly in  First Quarter<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tApril 26, 2010<br \/>\n[04-26-10] Satellite operator  SES 2010 first quarter revenues dipped slightly to 423.4 million euros  ($565.6 million), down from 423.9 million euros ($566.3 million) in the  same period a year ago due to the launch delay of its Astra\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[05-25-10] Arianespace has successfully launched the Astra 3B and ComsatBw-2 satellites after technical problems delayed the launch for nearly two months, Arianespace announced May 24. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The first Ariane 5 launch of 2010 was initially scheduled for April, but problems arose after Arianespace detected an anomaly in the launch vehicle\u2019s pressurization system. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWe have [&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-86913","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86913"}],"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=86913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}