The operator of Egyptian satellite Nilesat arranges at present in the orbital position of 7th West of the satellites Nilesat 101 and Nilesat 102 whom Atlantic Bird 4 hired to Eutelsat is necessary to add and that it has been re-baptized like Nilesat 103.

All the possible capacity of these three satellites is finished with an offer of 450 channels of television. Before this situation not foreseen for his persons in charge but that does not stop being an enormous success, the company has already entrusted the manufacture of Nilesat 202, satellite that the European Thales Alenia Space will be in charge of making.

Nevertheless and if the plans are not equivocal, the Nilesat 201 will not be thrown to the space up to the spring 2010 for what up to this date it will be necessary to have "provisionally" and although it is of rent of another satellite more.

The new Nilesat satellite will have 24 transpondedores of band Ku and 4 of band Ka. It is foreseen that the Nilesat 201substituya to the old man Nilesat 101. The Nilesat 201 will offer, from February, 2010, the services of telecommunications and the digital broadcasting (Direct to Home) of wide band in the north of Africa, Middle East and the area of the Persian Gulf.


(SatCesc, 07/10/08)