Star One (satellite operator)

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Star One is a Brazillian communication satellite company. It is a subsidiary of Embratel.

[edit] Satellite fleet

Star One own a small fleet of satellites. Last year the STAR One C1 was launched atop an Ariane 5-ECA rocket at 22:06 GMT on 14 November 2007. This launch had previously been delayed from 9 November due to a problem with the rocket, and then from 12 November due to a problem with the launch pad.

Star One C1 was built by Thales Alenia Space based on a Spacebus 3000 B3 platform. It has 28 C-band transponders, 14 Ku-band transponders and one X-band transponder, and weighed about 4,100 kilograms (9,000 lb) at launch.[1]

The second spacecraft, STAR One C2, was launched at 22:17 GMT on 18 April 2008, also aboard an Ariane 5ECA.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Arianespace boosts Skynet 5B and Star One C1 into orbit: Sets new record. Arianespace (2007-11-14).

[edit] See also


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