Orbital Africasat-1a User Manual
GEO
Communications
Azerspace/Africasat-1a
Hybrid C-band and Ku-band Commercial Communications Satellite
FACTS AT A GLANCE
Mission Description
Under a contract with The Ministry of Communications and Information Technologies of the Republic
of Azerbaijan (the Ministry), Orbital designed and built the Azerspace/Africasat-1a commercial
communications satellite. Based on Orbital’s ight-proven GEOStar-2™ platform, the hybrid C- and
Ku-band satellite generates approximately ve kilowatts of payload power and carries 36 active
transponders. Azerspace/Africasat-1a provides communications services to Azerbaijan, Central Asia,
Europe, and Africa from an orbital location at 46 degrees East Longitude through an arrangement
between the Ministry and Measat of Malaysia, which owns the rights to the orbital slot.
The GEOStar™ Advantage
Orbital’s highly successful Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (GEO) communications satellites are based on
the company’s GEOStar spacecraft platform, which is able to accommodate all types of commercial
communications payloads and is compatible with all major commercial launchers. The company’s
GEOStar product line includes the GEOStar-2 design, which is optimized for smaller satellite missions
that can support up to 5.0 kilowatts of payload power. Orbital has also developed the higher-power
GEOStar-3 spacecraft design, delivering the next increment of payload power for applications between
5.0 and 8.0 kilowatts, allowing Orbital to offer its innovative and reliable satellite design to the
medium-class of communications satellites.
Coverage:
Azerbaijan, Central Asia, Europe and
Africa
Mission:
C- and Ku-band communications
Customer:
Azercosmos OJSCo.
Azerspace/Africasat-1a in Orbital's Dulles,
Virginia satellite manufacturing facility
Azerspace/Africasat-1a
Specications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass: 3,275 kg (7,220 lb.)
Solar Arrays: Four panels per array, UTJ Gallium
Arsenide cells
Stabilization: 3-axis stabilized; zero momentum system
Propulsion: Liquid bi-propellant transfer orbit system;
monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Batteries: Two >4840 W-Hr capacity Li-Ion batteries
Mission Life: 15 years
Orbit: 46
Hybrid Payload
C-band
Repeater: 24 active transponders
Antenna: 2.5 x 2.7 m single shell super-elliptical
Ku-band
Repeater: 12 active transponders
Antenna: 2.5 x 2.7 m single shell super-elliptical
Launch
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Date: February 7, 2013
°
East Longitude
deployable reector; 1.4 x 1.4 m single shell
super-elliptical deck-mounted
deployable reector
Mission Partners
Azercosmos OJSCo.
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Prime Contractor for the Azersapce/Africasat-1a spacecraft and
ground system
Coverage Contour Maps
Ku-band EIRP Contours – 11.2 GHz
East (Central Asia) West (Europe)
Ku-band G/T Contours – 14.0 GHz
East (Central Asia) West (Europe)
C-band EIRP Contours – 3,740 MHz
Africa and Europe Central Asia and Europe
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C-band G/T Contours – 5,965 MHz
Africa and Europe Central Asia and Europe
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