AsiaSat 9

AsiaSat 9 or Thaicom 7 is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company and was launched into orbit on 28 September 2017.

Satellite description

Space Systems/Loral, announced in December 2013 that it has been chosen by AsiaSat, to build the AsiaSat 9 communications satellite. AsiaSat 9 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus. The satellite carries 28 C [band (IEEE)|C-band] transponders and 32 Ku-band and is positioned at a longitude of 122° East, providing coverage over southern Asia, Australia and New Zealand.

Launch

by International Launch Services was contracted to launch AsiaSat 9 using a Proton-M / Briz-M launch vehicle. The launch took place from Baikonur Cosmodrome [Site 200|Site 200/39] at the Baikonur, on 28 September 2017, at 18:52:16 UTC. It replaces AsiaSat 4.