C the Difference!

Satellite Fleet

Key Highlights

  • Located at 75°E covering 4/5th of the world
  • Leading CATV distribution in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR) with over 175 CATV channels and growing
  • Ideal for primary or back-up distribution for CATV channels
  • ABS provides cost effective MCPC platforms and uplinks in Europe (Germany) and Asia (Hong Kong), with full services including play-out, monitoring, encryption, MCPC, uplink and satellite capacity
  • ABS-1 is a Lockheed Martin A2100 AX satellite with an operational life until 2023

Ku Band Beams

NORTHERN | 40-49 dBW

8 Ku-Band Transponders@27MHz
Polarization: Vertical
Uplink/Downlink Frequency:
13.750 - 14.000 / 12.500 - 12.750 GHz

SOUTHERN | 38-53 dBW

8 Ku-Band Transponders@27MHz
Polarization: Horizontal
Uplink/Downlink Frequency:
13.750 - 14.000 / 12.500 - 12.750 GHz

C Band Beams

A (Standard) | 31-38 dBW

14 C-Band Transponders@36MHz
Polarization: Linear (H&V)
Uplink/Downlink Frequency:
5.725 - 6.025 / 3.700 - 4.000 GHz

B (Extended) | 31-38 dBW

14 C-Band Transponders@36MHz
Polarization: Linear (H&V)
Uplink/Downlink Frequency:
6.425 - 6.725 / 3.400 - 3.700 GHz
Parameter C-Band Ku-Band
Number of Transponders 28 16
Transponder Bandwidth (MHz) 36 27
Uplink / Downlink Frequencies (GHz) 5.725 - 6.025 / 3.700 - 4.000
6.425 - 6.725 / 3.400 - 3.700 		13.750 - 14.000 / 12.500 - 12.750
Uplink / Downlink Signal Polarization Linear H & V Linear H & V
Cross-Polarization Separation (dBW) 30 30
EIRP (Peak Value) (dBW) 38 53
TWTA Size (Watts) 45 90 (Northern Beam)
90 & 135 (Southern Beam)
TWTA Redundancy 2 groups of 16 for 14 2 groups of 11 for 8
Receiver Redundancy 4 for 2 4 for 2
Uplink SFD (dBW/m2) -97 to -75 -97 to -70
G/T (Threshold to peak value) (dB/K) -9 to -2 (A Beam)
-8 to 0 (B Beam) 		-3 to 2.5 (Northern Beam)
-5 to 5.5 (Southern Beam)