Hellas Sat
| Formerly | Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd. |
|---|---|
| Company type | Limited |
| Industry | Communications satellite |
| Founded | 2001  |
| Headquarters | , |
Areas served | Greece and Cyprus |
| Owner | Arabsat |
| Website | www |
Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd (Hellas Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek/Cypriot Hellas Sat 2 satellite, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May 2003 to the 39th eastern meridian orbital position in the geostationary satellite orbit. On 29 June 2017 the Hellas Sat 3 was launched successfully to replace Hellas Sat 2.[1]
Hellas Sat has developed a network of strategically located telecommunication partners with Digital Video Broadcasting platforms, carrying over 100 television channels, and Internet protocol-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe, and two steerable beams over the Middle East and South Africa. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions as well as occasional video feeds and Internet access services.[citation needed]
Satellite
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Hellas Sat 2 is an ASTRIUM Eurostar 2000+ platform spacecraft at orbital position 39° east. It was launched on 13 May 2003, and has an expected lifetime of 15 years. It has 30+8 (redundant) Ku band 36 MHz transponders
Launch Consultants
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RPC Telecom acted as the International Telecommunication Union filing and frequency coordination consultant, while Petrosat WLL was the launch consultant.
Television and radio services
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One of Hellas Sat's strategic partners is Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN), which offers comprehensive television and/or radio channel distribution services. STN offers standard-definition television (STDV) and/or high-definition television (HDTV) play-out services,[definition needed] SDTV and/or HDTV turnaround services[definition needed] as well as encryption, subtitling, and other services. STN was also behind the transmission of Euro1080-HD1 on Hellas-Sat-2, Europe's first HDTV channel.
References
[edit]- ^ Greece & Cyprus launch ‘Hellas Sat 3’ satellite Thema News, June 2017.
External links
[edit]- Hellas SAT Space Center Archive link, 20 March 2021
- Hellas-Sat Official web-site
- STN Ltd. TV/Radio Teleport and Up-link station Archived 18 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Hellas-Sat footprint(s) at SatBeams
- IMS Archived 25 February 2014 at the Wayback Machine Official provider's site
- RPC Telecom launch consultant
- Petrosat WLL launch consultant
- Location: 0°0′N 39°00′E / 0.000°N 39.000°E