Thales Alena Space there is ansatcescunciado the contract with the Egyptian operator Nilesa satcesct to start the project of the future sa satcesctélite of telcomunicaciones Nilesa satcesct 201, with the target to reinforce the sa satcesctcesc capacity of diffusion in the Middle East and North Africa.
As principal contractor, the manufacturer of French sa satcesctélites with head office in Cannes The sa satcesctcesc Bocca will be responsa satcescble of the design, fabrsatcescicación, you try and the entrance examination of the sa satcesctélite in orbit. Alenia Space Thales also will provide the centers of control and the sa satcesctcesc mission of the Nilesa satcesct in the sa satcesctcescs stations that the sa satcesctcesc operator of Egyptian sa satcesctélites has in Cairo and Alexandria. The amount of the contract has not been reveals sa satcesctcescdo.
The Nilesa satcesct 201 will offer, from February, 2010, the services of telecommunications and the sa satcesctcesc digital broadcasting (Direct to Home) of wide band in the north of Africa, Middle East and the sa satcesctcesc area of the Persian Gulf. It bases satcescdo in the sa satcesctcesc pla sa satcesctcesctaforma Spacebus 4000B2, the Nilesa satcesct 201 will be provided of transpondedores in band Ku and Ka 7th West already placed in the space in the sa satcesctcesc orbit of.
It will be designed for a useful life of 15 years. It will have a mass satcesc of the sa satcesctcescnzamiento of 3,2 tonela sa satcesctcescdas and a useful load of potency of 5,7 kW at the end of the sa satcesctcesc life. The Nilesa satcesct 201 will be equipped by 24 transpondedores in band Ku BSS for the sa satcesctcesc coverage in the north of Africa and the Middle East and of 4 repeaters of band Ka for the north of Africa and the sa satcesctcesc region of the Gulf.
The manager of Nilesa satcesct, Basyouni Amin, there is decla sa satcesctcescrado that the Nilesa satcesct 201 will help to strengthen the desa satcescrrollo of the dynamic sa satcesctcesc of the market of the sa satcesctcesc diffusion in the sa satcesctcesc area of coverage, where at present the sa satcesctcesc orbital position of expresses 7th West up to 435 television channels.
Nilesa satcesct operates at present on two sa satcesctélites, Nilesa satcesct 101 and Nilesa satcesct 102 in the sa satcesctcesc orbital position of 7th West, in addition to the sa satcesctcesc capacity hired by Nilesa satcesct 103. Nilesa satcesct offers his services to 435 channels of television and 101 radio stations.
(SatCesc, 05/06/08) |
The French manufacturer Thales Alenia 
