Media Advisory: ILS Proton to Launch AsiaSat 7November 21, 2011http://www.ilslaunch.com/newsroom/news-releases/media-advisory-ils-proton-launch-asiasat-7Payload:
AsiaSat 7
SS/L 1300
Separated spacecraft Mass:
Approx 3,813 kg (8,406 lbs)
Launch Vehicle:
Proton M/Breeze M
705,000 kg (1,554,000 lb), including payload
58.2 m (191 ft)
Launch Date:
26 November 2011
Launch Time:
01:10 Baikonur
03:10 Hong Kong
19:10 GMT, November 25
14:10 EST, November 25
Launch Site:
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launch Pad 39
Launch Customer:
Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), Hong Kong
Satellite Manufacturer:
Space Systems/Loral, Palo Alto, Ca
Launch Vehicle Manufacturer:
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center,
Moscow, Russia
Launch Services Provider:
International Launch Services, Reston, Va
Satellite Use:
AsiaSat 7 is designed as a replacement satellite for AsiaSat 3S at 105.5 degrees East. This new generation satellite will carry 28 C-band and 17 Ku-band transponders as well as a Ka-band payload. Its region-wide C-band beam covers over 50 countries across Asia, the Middle East, Australasia and Central Asia. AsiaSat 7 also offers 3 Ku-band beams with intra beam switching capability, serving East Asia and South Asia, and a steerable Ku beam. AsiaSat 7 will provide satellite capacity for television broadcast and VSAT Network services across the Asia-Pacific Region.
Satellite Statistics:
__28 Active C-band transponders
__17 Active Ku-band transponders
__Planned orbital location: 105.5 degrees East longitude
__Anticipated service life: 15 years
Mission Profile:
The Proton M launch vehicle, utilizing a 4-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, with the AsiaSat 7 satellite on board. The first three stages of the Proton will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit (Breeze M upper stage and the AsiaSat 7 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission maneuvers to advance the orbital unit first to a circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geostationary orbit. Separation of the AsiaSat 7 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after liftoff.
Target Orbit at Separation:
Perigee: 13,814 km
Apogee: 35,586 km
Inclination: 0.0 degrees
Spacecraft Separation:
Approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after liftoff
ILS Mission Statistics:
_4th AsiaSat Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
_20th Space Systems/Loral Satellite Launched on ILS Proton
_5th ILS Proton Launch in 2011/ 8th Proton Launch Overall in 2011
_69th ILS Proton Launch Overall
