Turksat 4A at the target position 42E

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Satellite operator Turksat AS shifted his latest telecommunication satellite Turksat 4A at the target orbital position 42 ° E , where services will take over for outgoing satellite Turksat 2A .

Turksat 4A was delivered Proton carrier rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Kazakhstan) on February 14, 2014 at 22:09 pm our time. The first technical tests of the new cosmic system took place at a temporary position 50 ° E.

Turksat 4A fabricated and supplied the Japanese company Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (MELCO) based on DS2000 platform. The satellite is designed to provide television and radio broadcasting and broadband services in Turkey, Europe, Central Asia, Middle East and Africa. The expected lifetime is 15 years.

The satellite is equipped with a total of 28 transponders in Ku-band and 2 Ka-band with a total width of 1750 MHz

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This new sat have no foot prints for my Area