[Satellite TODAY 11-25-09] Eutelsat’s decision to team up with Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) to co-locate the Eurobird 4 satellite at 75 degrees East with ABS-1 and ABS-1A puts Eutelsat a step farther East on the global coverage map and creates new opportunities for the operator to compete, according to industry analysts and exectives.
    The Eutelsat-ABS redeployment project will inject an additional eight Ku-band transponders to 75 degrees East to address markets in the Middle East, central Asia and Russia. Renamed W75/ABS-1B, Eutelsat’s satellite will also provide possible redundancy to customers until the arrival of ABS-2, which is expected in 2012 …

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