Fourth Falcon 9 launch for the year, let's hope it's nowhere near as troubled trying to get off the launch pad as the last one.
Launch date: August 5, 2014
Launch window: 1:25 - 4:11 am EDT (05:25 - 08:11 UTC)
Launch site: Space Launch Complex-40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.
Payload: AsiaSat 8
Launch date: August 5, 2014
Launch window: 1:25 - 4:11 am EDT (05:25 - 08:11 UTC)
Launch site: Space Launch Complex-40, Cape Canaveral AFS, Florida.
Payload: AsiaSat 8
AsiaSat 8 is designed to be co-located with AsiaSat 7 at the orbital location of 105.5 degrees East. This new satellite is a Space Systems/Loral 1300 series satellite, to be equipped with 24 Ku-band transponders and a Ka-band payload. Co-locating with AsiaSat 7, Asia’s most established satellite platform for Middle Eastern, European, Asian and international programming, AsiaSat 8 will provide exceptional power and additional Ku beam coverage with inter-beam switching capability for services including DTH television, private networks and broadband services. AsiaSat 8, planned to be launched in the first half of 2014, will be the most powerful member of AsiaSat’s fleet, with a payload power of about 8,500 watts.
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