| Measat-3a enters full commercial service |
| Posted: August 2009 | ||||||
 KUALA LUMPUR – Measat Satellite Systems said that its Measat-3a satellite, launched on June 22 this year from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan
on a Landlaunch Zenit-3SLB launch vehicle, had successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. The newly commissioned satellite was handed over from Orbital Sciences Corporation, the satellite’s manufacturer, to Measat at a ceremony at the company’s primary operations centre outside of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. “Measat-3a provides an additional 24 transponders, to the 48 transponders already provided ... at the company’s key 91.5E orbital location, allowing for the continued growth of our DTH and HD video distribution neighbourhoods,” said Paul Brown-Kenyon, COO at Measat. “Having secured customers for over half of the satellite’s payload, we expect the satellite to be accretive to earnings before the end of the year.” With the introduction of Measat-3a, the Measat fleet now comprises four satellites across three orbital locations. The fleet is able to provide satellite services to over 145 countries, stretching from Australia to Nigeria. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites       
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