SPACEWAY-3
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| General information | |
|---|---|
| Launch Date | August 14, 2007 |
| Launch Mass | 6075 kg |
| Orbit Mass | |
| Manufacturer | Boeing Satellite Systems |
| Model | 702 |
| Launcher / Flight Number |
Ariane 5 |
| Lifetime | 12 years |
| Payload Information | |
| Payload Capacity | 500 MHz |
| Bandwidth | 10 Gbit/s |
| EIRP | |
| Sundries | |
| Expendable Energy | |
| Location | |
| Former location | |
| Current location | 95°W |
| List of broadcast satellites | |
SPACEWAY-3 is a communications satellite which, as of August 2007, is undergoing on-orbit testing after its successful launch. The third satellite in the SPACEWAY series, it includes a Ka-band communications payload.[1] After testing it will be used by Hughes Network Systems to provide broadband Internet Protocol network service.
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[edit] Launch
SPACEWAY-3 was launched August 14 .[2] 2007 on an Ariane 5 launch vehicle. It lifted off at 23:44 GMT from Ariane Launch Complex 3 of the Guiana Space Centre. Five hours and 46 minutes later, signals from the spacecraft were successfully received at a ground station in Hartebeesthoek, South Africa.[3]
[edit] Launch plan changed
In March 2007, shortly after the failure of a Sea Launch rocket launch in January, Hughes Network Systems switched launch of SPACEWAY-3 from a Sea Launch Zenit 3SL rocket to an Ariane 5 launch vehicle.[4][5]
[edit] Other SPACEWAY satellites
The satellites called SPACEWAY-1 and SPACEWAY-2 have been launched and provide high definition television to DIRECTV customers. SPACEWAY-1 and SPACEWAY-2 were originally part of the SPACEWAY system envisioned as a global Ka-band communications system before they were retasked by DIRECTV.
[edit] References
- ^ Launch Kit. Arianespace (March 14, 2007).
- ^ Arianespace boosts SPACEWAY 3 and BSAT-3a into orbit. Arianespace.
- ^ Boeing-Built Spaceway 3 Satellite Operational after Successful Launch. Boeing Integrated Defense Systems.
- ^ Hughes Signs Contract with Arianespace to Launch SPACEWAY 3. Hughes (March 1, 2007).
- ^ Hughes Network Systems Awards SPACEWAY 3 Launch Contract to Sea Launch Company. Hughes (December 8, 2005).
