SATCOM For The Emirates

By Anonymous

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mubadala Development Company, has awarded a contract to a joint team of Astrium and Thaies Alenia Space to build their $1.66 billion dual-use satellite communications system, that is to be ready for launch in the second half of 2010. Yahsat will provide customers with innovative solutions for broadcasting services, internet trunking via satellite, corporate data networks and backhauling services to telecom operators. The Yahsat satellites will fulfil the satellite communication requirements of both government and commercial customers in the Middle East, Africa, Europe and South West Asia. The system is designed to accommodate the trends of emerging applications in the satellite industry like HDTV and other broadband satellite services.

The dual (government and commercial) Yahsat satellite communications system includes a space segment with two large satellites (YahSat 1A and YahSat 1 B) as well as the associated ground infrastructure. The operational lifeof the satellites is estimated at 15 years. Copyright Moench Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Oct 2007

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