ABS-3A
Sign in to saveABS-3A is a communications satellite operated by ABS (formerly known as Asia Broadcast Satellite), providing coverage in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It is positioned in geostationary orbit at 3° West, and offers C and Ku-band payload capacity to support video, data, mobility and government applications. The satellite is the first commercial communications satellite in orbit to use electric propulsion, providing a significant weight savings.
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- Instance of
- communications satellite
- Image
- ABS-EUTELSAT Separation (16788442562).jpg
- Significant event
- rocket launch
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- space launch vehicle
- Falcon 9
- UTC date of spacecraft launch
- 2015-03-02
- Commons category
- Falcon 9 Flight 16
- start point
- Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40
- type of orbit
- geostationary orbit
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ABS-3A is a communications satellite operated by ABS (formerly known as Asia Broadcast Satellite), providing coverage in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It is positioned in geostationary orbit at 3° West, and offers C and Ku-band payload capacity to support video, data, mobility and government applications. The satellite is the first commercial communications satellite in orbit to use electric propulsion, providing a significant weight savings.
== Manufacture and specifications ==
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