Alcatel has signed a contract with China Satellite Communication Corporation
(ChinaSat) to design and produce the communications satellite, Chinasat 9. This direct broadcasting satellite will enable ChinaSat to be the first state-owned Chinese company to provide satellite broadcast services in China.
Chinasat 9will have 22 active Ku-band transponders for broadcast satellite services (BSS), including eighteen 36-MHz and four 54-MHz channels. Positioned at 92.2 degrees East (or 134 degrees East), it will offer a design life of more than 15 years.
The cooperation between Alcatel and Chinese satellites operators began in 1984 with the supply of subassemblies for Chinasat 1, then with the delivery of the Sinosat 1 satellite in 1998, and finally with the upcoming delivery of the Apstar VI satellite.
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