Asiasat communication satellite
AsiaSat 8 then AMOS-7 is a Hong Kong -turned-Israeli geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (Asiasat).
Satellite description [ edit ] AsiaSat 8 was built by Space Systems/Loral , and is based on the LS-1300 satellite bus .[ 1] [ 2] Ku-band transponders and one Ka-band payload, and was planned to be initially positioned above the equator ,[ 3] longitude of 105.5° East,[ 4] Asia , China and the Middle East .[ 5]
SpaceX was contracted to launch AsiaSat 8, using a Falcon 9 v1.1 launch vehicle . The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at the
Cape Canaveral Air Force Station (CCAFS) on 5 August 2014 at 08:00 UTC .[ 6] [ 7]
Falcon 9 upper stage [ edit ] The Falcon 9 upper stage used to launch AsiaSat 8 is derelict in a decaying elliptical low Earth orbit that, as of 13 August 2014[update] perigee of 195 km (121 mi) and an initial apogee of 35,673 km (22,166 mi). One month on, in September 2014, the orbit had decayed to an altitude of 185 km (115 mi) at its closest approach to Earth , and by November 2014 had decayed to a 169 km (105 mi) perigee.[ 8]
In December 2016, Spacecom made a US$88 million four-year agreement with AsiaSat to lease AsiaSat 8 Ku-band. It is providing service at 4° West.[ 9]
Future spacecraft in italics .
SpaceX missions and payloads
Launch vehicles Falcon 1 missions Falcon 9 missions
Demonstrations ISS logisticsCrewed Commercial
SES-8 Thaicom 6 Orbcomm OG2 × 6 AsiaSat 8 AsiaSat 6 ABS-3A / Eutelsat 115 West B TürkmenÄlem 52°E Orbcomm OG2 × 11 SES-9 JCSAT-14 Thaicom 8 ABS-2A / Eutelsat 117 West B JCSAT-16 AMOS-6 †Iridium NEXT 1–10EchoStar 23 SES-10 Inmarsat-5 F4 BulgariaSat-1 Iridium NEXT 11–20
Intelsat 35e Iridium NEXT 21–30
SES-11 Koreasat 5A Iridium NEXT 31–40
Hispasat 30W-6 Iridium NEXT 41–50
Bangladesh Satellite-1 Iridium NEXT 51–55
SES-12 Telstar 19V Iridium NEXT 56–65
Telkom 4 (Merah Putih)Telstar 18V Es'hail 2 Iridium NEXT 66–75
Nusantara Satu / Beresheet Amos 17 JCSAT -18SXM 7Türksat 5A SXM 8
Türksat 5B Nilesat-301 SES-22 Galaxy 33 ,34
Hotbird 13F Hotbird 13G Galaxy 31,32 Eutelsat 10BOneWeb #15O3b mPOWER 1,2OneWeb #16
Amazonas Nexus OneWeb #17
SES 18,19
Intelsat 40e O3b mPOWER 3,4
Iridium NEXT 76-80 and OneWeb #19
ArabSat 7B SATRIA Galaxy 37 O3b mPOWER 5,6
Ovzon -3Merah Putih 2 Eutelsat 36D Galileo FOC FM25,27 WorldView Legion 1,2 Astra 1P Türksat 6A ASBM 1,2 WorldView Legion 3,4
BlueBird Block 1 Galileo FOC FM26,32
OneWeb #20
Koreasat 6AOptus-X /TD7GSAT-20 SXM 9
O3b mPOWER 7,8
Astranis Thuraya 4-NGS WorldView Legion 5,6
SXM 10
MTG-S1 Kuiper-01 O3b mPOWER 9,10
Kuiper-02 Scientific Military
NROL -76X-37B OTV-5Zuma SES-16 / GovSat-1 Paz GPS III -01ANASIS-II GPS III-03
NROL-108
GPS III-04
GPS III-05
COSMO-SkyMed CSG-2 NROL-87
NROL-85 (Intruder 13A/B)
SARah 1EROS-C3 GPS III-06
Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 1) Transport and Tracking Layer (Tranche 0, Flight 2)
425 Project flight 1 (EO/IR)
SARah 2/3
USSF-124
425 Project flight 2 (SAR #1)
Weather System Follow-on Microwave 1NROL-146
NROL-186
NROL-113
NROL-167
NROL-126
GPS III-07
NROL-149
425 Project flight 3 (SAR #2)
NROL-153
Spainsat NG INROL-57
NROL-69
NROL-192
NROL-145
425 Project flight 4 (SAR #3)
GPS III-08
SDA Tranche 1 DES
Dror-1
USSF-36 (X-37B OTV-8 )
National Advanced Optical System (NAOS)
425 Project flight 5 (SAR #4) SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-B Spainsat NG IISDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-C SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-D SDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-E SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-C USSF-31 Skynet 6 ASDA Tranche 1 Transport layer T1TL-F SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-A SDA Tranche 1 Tracking layer T1TR-E SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-A SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-C SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-D SDA Tranche 2 Transport layer T2TL-E USSF-75 USSF-70 Starlink Rideshares
Falcon Heavy missions Starship missions
Flight tests Crewed Commercial
Ongoing spaceflights are underlinedFuture missions and vehicles under development in italicsFailed missions† are marked with dagger †
January February March April May June
Kosmos 2500 / GLONASS-M 755 AprizeSat 9, AprizeSat 10, BRITE-Montreal , BRITE-Toronto , BugSat 1 , Deimos-2 , Hodoyoshi 3 , Hodoyoshi 4 , KazEOSat 2 , Perseus-M1 , Perseus-M2 , SaudiSat-4 , TabletSat-Aurora , UniSat-6 (Lemur-1 Tigrisat Flock-1c × 11SPOT 7 , CanX-4 , CanX-5 July August September October November December Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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