Flashcards: Communications satellites

AsiaSat 6 is a Hong Kong geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company was launched into orbit on 7 September 2014.

Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a, also known as AzerSat-1 (Azerbaijani: AzərSat-1) is Azerbaijan's first satellite in space.

Telkom-3 is an Indonesian communications satellite which was lost due to a launch failure on 6 August 2012.

Amos is a series of Israeli communications satellites.

Intelsat 29e, also known as IS-29e is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite designed and manufactured by Boeing on the BSS-702MP platform.

Project SCORE (Signal Communications by Orbiting Relay Equipment) was the world’s first communications satellite.

Courier 1B was the world's first active repeater satellite after launch on 4 October 1960.

Telstar 14R, also known as Estrela do Sul 2 (Southern Star 2) is a commercial communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral for Telesat to provide Ku-band communications to South America and the Southern United States.

AsiaSat 8 is a Hong Kong geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company.

A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunications signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth.

Eutelsat 115 West B (previously SATMEX 7) is a communications satellite that is operated by Eutelsat, providing video, data, government, and mobile services for the Americas.

ABS-3A is a communications satellite that is operated by Asia Broadcast Satellite, providing coverage in the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as globally for TV distribution, cellular services, and maritime services.

("TDRS" redirects here. For the record label, see TDRS Music.) A tracking and data relay satellite (TDRS) is a type of communications satellite that forms part of the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System (TDRSS) used by NASA and other United States government agencies for communications to and from independent "User Platforms" such as satellites, balloons, aircraft, the International Space Station, and remote bases like the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station.

Globalstar is a low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite constellation for satellite phone and low-speed data communications, somewhat similar to the Iridium satellite constellation and Orbcomm satellite systems.

Telkom-2 is a C-band geosynchronous communications satellite built by Orbital for Indonesia's state-owned telecommunications company, PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia Tbk (PT Telkom).

SES-9 is a geostationary communication satellite operated by SES S.

THAICOM 6 is a Thai satellite of the Thaicom series, operated by Thaicom Public Company Limited, a subsidiary of INTOUCH headquartered in Bangkok, Thailand.

Apstar-7 is a Chinese communications satellite which is operated by APT Satellite Holdings as part of the Apstar system.

NSS-8 was a Dutch telecommunications satellite that was destroyed during launch.

TurkmenAlem52E/MonacoSAT—formerly referred to as TurkmenSat 1—is Turkmenistan's first satellite, and was built by Thales Alenia Space.

The Luch (Russian: Луч; lit. Ray) Satellite Data Relay Network (SDRN), also referred to as Altair and Gelios, is a series of geosynchronous Russian relay satellites, used to transmit live TV images, communications and other telemetry from the Soviet/Russian space station Mir, the Russian Orbital Segment (ROS) of the International Space Station and other orbital spacecraft to the Earth, in a manner similar to that of the US Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System.

SES-8 is a geostationary communication satellite operated by SES.

STRaND-1 (Surrey Training, Research and Nanosatellite Demonstrator 1) is a "3U" CubeSat developed by Surrey University's Surrey Space Centre (SSC) and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL).

Eutelsat 117 West A, formerly Satmex 8, is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Eutelsat.

Project Echo was the first passive communications satellite experiment.

Quantum Experiments at Space Scale (QUESS; Chinese: 量子科学实验卫星; pinyin: Liàngzǐ kēxué shíyàn wèixīng; literally: "Quantum Science Experiment Satellite"), is an international research project in the field of quantum physics.

Amazonas 3 is a communications satellite based on the Loral 1300 satellite bus and owned by the Hispasat Group of Madrid, Spain.

Eutelsat 5 West A, formerly Atlantic Bird 3 (or AB 3) is a communications satellite belonging to the operator Eutelsat.

Galaxy 1 was the first in a line of Galaxy communications satellites launched by Hughes Communications in 1983.

Garuda 1 is an Indonesian communications satellite which is operated by ACeS.

ATS-6 (Applications Technology Satellite-6) was a NASA experimental satellite, built by Fairchild Space and Electronics Division It has been called the world's first educational satellite as well as world's first experimental Direct Broadcast Satellite as part of the Satellite Instructional Television Experiment between NASA and Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

Zhongxing-10 (ChinaSat 10) is a Chinese Communications Satellite.

Meridian 3 (Russian: Меридиан-3), also known as Meridian No.

Telstar 14 or Estrela do Sul 1 (Southern Star 1) is a commercial communications satellite built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) for Telesat to provide Ku-band communications to South America and the Southern United States.

Meridian 1 (Russian: Меридиан-1), also known as Meridian No.

The Orbital Test Satellite programme was an experimental satellite system inherited by ESA in 1975 from its predecessor, the European Space Research Organization (ESRO).

Palapa-D, also known as Palapa D1, is an Indonesian geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Indosat and MNC Media.

The Ariane Passenger PayLoad Experiment (APPLE), was an experimental communication satellite with a C-Band transponder launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation on June 19, 1981 by Ariane, a launch vehicle of the European Space Agency (ESA) from Centre Spatial Guyanais near Kourou in French Guiana.

Meridian 4 (Russian: Меридиан-4), also known as Meridian No.

Spainsat is a Spanish telecommunications satellite used for military and governmental communications.

The Maritime Monitoring and Messaging Microsatellite (M3MSat) is a tele-detection satellite developed by the Canadian Space Agency and launched in 2016.

ACeS (Asia Cellular Satellite) is a regional satellite telecommunications company based in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001.

APSTAR II was a communications satellite based on the Hughes HS-601 spacecraft design, built by Hughes Space and Communications Company, now a subsidiary of Boeing, designed to provide video radio data and telephone services for about 2/3 of the world's population.

Eutelsat 113 West A, formerly Satmex-6, is a geostationary communications satellite which is operated by Eutelsat.

Meridian 2 (Russian: Меридиан-2), also known as Meridian No.

Tele-X was the first communications satellite serving the Nordic countries.