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at the 75°E orbital position, the satellite provides coverage over markets in South East Asia, Africa, MENA and Russia. The satellite is equipped with 48 Ku-band transponder and is designed for DTH services, cellular backhaul, VSAT, maritime and mobility solutions.
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rocket on 15 June 2016.  The satellite lifted off as part of a dual launch and was the second deployment at 11:05am EDT.  
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are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ).
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The launch occurred on 15 June 2016 at 11.05am EDT and the satellite was deployed in the planned
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EGG, TuPOD, UBAKUSAT, AOBA-VELOX, STARS, FREEDOM, ITF, Waseda-SAT, OSNSAT,
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13.750-14.800, 17.300-18.100 / 10.950-11.200, 11.450-12.750 (Ku band)
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on 21 January 2017 after orbit raising and in-orbit tests by
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beams and covers South East Asia, Africa, MENA and Russia.
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model communication satellite. It was launched on board a
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