Asiasat 5 Footprint

The first service cutover from Asiasat 2 to Asiasat 5 was successfully conducted on September 17 at 22.15 UTC. All services are planned to be transferred by the end of September. Already many viewers are reporting increased signal levels from this new satellite.

Asiasat 5 is a Space systems Loral SSL1300 satellite with 26 C band and 14 Ku band transponders. The C band footprint covers 53 countries from Russia to New Zealand and from Japan to the Middle East and parts of Africa.

This new satellite offers 2 high power spot Ku beams over East Asia and South East Asia as well as a steerable beam which can cover any location within the footprint.

C band TWT power is 65 watts and Ku power is 150 watts.