AsiaSat 9 Satellite APAC Coverage PDF
AsiaSat 9 Satellite APAC Coverage PDF
122oE
AsiaSat’s most powerful
satellite for region-wide
coverage and connectivity
UNIQUE FEATURES COMMUNICATIONS PAYLOAD
• Replacement satellite for AsiaSat 4 with enhanced C-band
coverage and capacity
No. of Transponders 28
• Highest C-band TWTA power available in Asia-Pacific
Transponder Bandwidth 36 MHz
offering extended high-power coverage
UL/DL Polarisation Horizontal and Vertical
• 3 new dedicated Ku-band beams: Myanmar,
Indonesia and Mongolia, in addition to enhanced Coverage Asia, Middle East, Central Asia and
East Asia and Australasia beams Australasia
• Cross-strap Ku-band beam switching capability for TWTA Size 110 watts
flexible coverage TWTA Redundancy 32 for 28
• Ka-band payload offering high-power regional Satellite Receiving G/T -0.5+ dB/K
coverage
• Doubling spectral density (bit/Hz) to support
higher mod/cod with up to 3dB improvement in Ku-band
downlink EIRP power
No. of Transponders 32
• Innovative filter design on spacecraft to achieve
Transponder Bandwidth 54 MHz
higher C-band bandwidth, delivering 23% increase in
throughput compared to AsiaSat 4 UL/DL Polarisation Horizontal and Vertical
• Star tracker equipped to provide 20% increase in Coverage 5 Beams: East Asia, Myanmar,
satellite pointing accuracy Indonesia, Australasia, Mongolia
• Hall Effect Thrusters fitted to enhance stability and LNA Redundancy Australasia: 2 for 1
reliability of satellite operation and provide better East Asia/Indonesia: 5 for 3
Mongolia/Myanmar: 4 for 2
performance at edge of beam coverage
TWTA Size 200 watts
THE SPACECRAFT
Designed/Built by Space Systems Loral
Model SSL 1300
Design Life 15+ years
Nominal Orbital Location 122°E
LAUNCH
29 September 2017 by ILS Proton M/Breeze M rocket from
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Note: Technical data is for reference only. AsiaSat Proprietary, 27 Nov 2017
ASIASAT 9
122ºE
C-BAND GLOBAL BEAM EIRP (dBW)
5º Elevation