{"id":87544,"date":"2010-02-03T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2010-02-03T11:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/rascomstar-qaf1r-scheduled-for-may-2010-launch\/"},"modified":"2010-02-03T19:21:58","modified_gmt":"2010-02-03T11:21:58","slug":"rascomstar-qaf1r-scheduled-for-may-2010-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/rascomstar-qaf1r-scheduled-for-may-2010-launch\/","title":{"rendered":"Rascomstar-QAF1R Scheduled for May 2010 Launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[02-03-10] <strong>Rascomstar-QAF<\/strong> will launch the Rascomstar-QAF1R satellite in May to boost its pan-African connectivity services and replace the Rascomstar-QAF1 spacecraft, expected to stop working by the end of 2010, the operator announced Feb. 2.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soon after Rascomstar-QAF1 was launched by <strong>Arianespace<\/strong> in December 2007, the operator discovered that the satellite had a helium leak, which reduced its lifespan from 15 years to three years. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Arianespace has been contracted to launch Rascomstar-QAF1R as well. \u201cThe insurance company is going to cater for all the costs; we had envisaged such challenges,&#8221; Rascomstar-QAF CEO Faraj Elamari said in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">ViaSat Wins $53 Million Pan-African Turnkey System  Contracts<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tJuly 10, 2009<br \/>\n[07-10-09] ViaSat signed  contracts worth a combined $53 million with pan-African satellite  operator RascomStar-QAF to support an expansion of telephone and  Internet access availability in the region, ViaSat announced July 9.<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Satellite Fights for Frontline Role In Africa<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;  \t\t\tVia Satellite&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tApril 1, 2009<br \/>\nThe combination of increased demand for video,  data and Internet services on a large land mass with many rural  communities means satellite could be at the forefront of the new digital  economies emerging in Africa. However, satellite players have\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Year in Review: 2008 Events Set Stage for 2009<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp;  \t\t\tVia Satellite&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tDecember 1, 2008<br \/>\nWhile the satellite sector generally remains  in good health, a financial crisis that has cast a huge shadow over the  globe also threatens the necessary funding that many companies will need  as they look to expand their operations and capitalize on\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[02-03-10] Rascomstar-QAF will launch the Rascomstar-QAF1R satellite in May to boost its pan-African connectivity services and replace the Rascomstar-QAF1 spacecraft, expected to stop working by the end of 2010, the operator announced Feb. 2. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Soon after Rascomstar-QAF1 was launched by Arianespace in December 2007, the operator discovered that the satellite had a helium leak, [&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-87544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87544"}],"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=87544"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87544\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}