ABS

ABS-2, Ku MENA beam

The MENA Ku-band payload hosts video primary distributions and point-to-point contributions for the entire region, with high power coverage stretching from Morocco to the Gulf countries. It is also suitable for national backhauling networks and international internet trunking. The Americas coverage serves customers operating VSAT networks and video contribution in the region. The European beam, which stretches over the North Atlantic region until the American continent, serves various applications: maritime mobile networks as well as video contributions. The latter notably in the domain of live sports: ABS-3A regularly carries video feeds from a variety of highprofile events, sport from European national and international football leagues to professional golf, tennis, cycling and more. It is a satellite beam widely received and used by the broadcasting community in Europe.

ABS-2 and ABS-2A @ 75°East

75° East is a prime position for both broadcast services and corporate data networks in the Eastern hemisphere. ABS-2 and ABS-2A satellites provide beams with regional and continental coverage of the whole of Russia, Southern and

Eastern Europe, the Middle East and notably the Gulf countries, Asia as well as eastern Africa. Coverage of a large portion of the Indian Ocean is also offered for maritime services. The ABS-2A Russian beam carries more than 500 television channels to about one million DTH homes and more than 1500 cable head-ends in the Russian and former CIS territories, making 75°East a prime TV distribution position for the region. All the Ku-band beams at 75°East are optimal for data services, video contribution platforms for fixed and mobile users and aeronautical and maritime connectivity. The large Ka-band payload over ABS-2 targets the MENA/southern Europe region and provides costeffective solutions for commercial and military applications.

Ground Infrastructure

ABS’ teleport infrastructure features a number of ground facilities in various regions with direct access to all ABS’ satellites as well as other GEO, MEO and LEO satellites. Customers are offered such infrastructure for their ground segment requirements to uplink to ABS’ satellites as well as other operators’ capacities. Trunking services are also provided to enable high bandwidth internet access and mobile networks backhauling.

ABSPlus

This is a portfolio of value-added services to serve a broad spectrum of satellite communication requirements. ABS services support a range of global, scalable network services. Services include:

ABSPlus Teleport – Customising your connectivity needs

ABSPlus Video – Full array of media services

ABSPlus Install – Equipment and installation services

ABSPlus SatOps – Satellite and TT&C operations services

ABSPlus Consult – Consulting, regulatory and satellite related services

ABSPlus H2H – Horizon to Horizon constellation services

Customers can leverage on ABS’ expertise to accelerate their time to market, save on upfront operational expenses and quickly deploy reliable solutions for their users.

Contact

ABS 2101-2108, Al Thuraya Tower 1 Dubai Media City, Dubai, UAE Tel: + 971 4 4542677 Email: info@absatellite.com Website: www.absatellite.com

Broad spectrum satcom platforms

Founded in 1992, APT Satellite currently owns a fleet of five inorbit satellites, namely, APSTAR-6, APSTAR-7, APSTAR-9, APSTAR-6C and APSTAR 5C, forming the APSTAR fleet, covering regions in Asia, the Middle East, Oceania and most parts of Europe. This vast regional influence stretches across approximately 75% of the world’s population and provides excellent quality ‘one-stop shop’ services for satellite transponder leasing, satellite telecommunications and satellite TV broadcasting and transmission to broadcasters and telecommunications customers. To go in line with business development, the company is equipped with state-of-the-art ground facilities including satcom platforms and a TV broadcasting centre, pooling together versatile satellite frequency resources for the provision of TV playout and uplink, DTH, telecommunications and IP transit services.

Satellite Fleet

APSTAR-6 Replaced by APSTAR-6C in 2018, then relocated to other slot for limited inclined orbit services.

APSTAR-7 Positioned at 76.5E, APSTAR-7 is based on the Thales Alenia’s SPACEBUS4000-C2 platform which is one of the most reliable satellite platforms present in the market today. The satellite is built with 28 C-band transponders and 28 Ku-band transponders. APSTAR-7 has 28 C-band and 28 Ku-band transponders. The C-band global beam covers four continents: Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia. Through its advanced technology, APSTAR-7 provides improved communication performance, power and efficiency to customers. The

four Ku-band beams cover China, the Middle East, North Africa and Central Asia and another steerable area that is complementary to the fixed beams. Owing to its prime orbital slot, APSTAR-7 has the largest geographic coverage over all visible landmass including all of the Middle East, Asia, Australia, most parts of Africa and Europe, as well as numerous islands scattered across the Pacific and Indian Oceans. A number of well-known global broadcast service providers such as Sony Pictures (AXN), HBO,