Baku, Azerbaijan, Aug. 9
By Azad Hasanli - Trend:
The launch of Azerbaijan's second geostationary satellite Azerspace 2/Intelsat 38 has been scheduled for September 5 2018, Arianespace said.
The Azerbaijani satellite will be launched into orbit by Ariane 5 ECA carrier rocket. Besides Azerspace-2 / Intelsat 38, the Horizons 3e satellite of the Intelsat joint venture and the Japanese operator Sky Perfect JSAT Corp will be launched on the same day.
Launch of the satellite (mission VA243) was previously planned for April, and later for May.
It was reported earlier that the launch of Azerspace 2 /Intelsat 38 satellite will be carried out from the Kourou space center in French Guiana.
The satellite will be launched into geostationary orbit at 45 degrees east longitude. Its service zone will include countries of Europe, Central and South Asia, Middle East and Africa.
The satellite manufacturer is a subsidiary of the Canadian corporation MDA-Space Systems Loral (SSL), which is also a supplier of spacecraft control systems.
The first communications satellite Azerspace/Africasat 1a was launched into geostationary orbit at 46 degrees east longitude on Feb. 8, 2013. The satellite was launched from the Kourou space base by Arianespace.
Azerbaijan currently has two satellites in orbit - Azerspace-1, which provides telecommunications services for Africa, Central Asia, the Middle East and Europe, as well as AzerSky, which provides services around the world, including to such largest American companies as Google.
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