Archiv: Es'hail-2 communications satellite


16.11.2018 - 02:17 [ CBS News ]

SpaceX launches Qatari communications satellite

Es‘hailSat‘s first satellite entered service in December 2013 and currently provides television content, business communications and other telecommunications services. Es‘hail 2 features high-speed Ku- and Ka-band transponders, a military communications payload and sophisticated anti-jamming capabilities.

It also features the first Radio Amateur Satellite Corporation — AMSAT — payload to fly aboard a geostationary satellite, providing coverage stretching from Brazil to Thailand.