Telstar 12 VANTAGE

Telstar 12 VANTAGE I 15° WL
Telstar 12 VANTAGE
Powerful New Satellite with High Throughput
Capabilities to Replace and Expand on
Telstar 12 at 15° West
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Powerful New Satellite with High Throughput
Capabilities to Replace and Expand on
Telstar 12 at 15° West
15° WL
Telesat engineers set out to design a next generation Telstar with improved capacity, coverage and
flexibility to meet the growing communications needs of broadcast, corporate, government and
enterprise users, including demand for aero and maritime services. The result is Telstar 12 VANTAGE,
a completely new Telesat satellite that will deliver important operational advantages for customers
including lower cost per Mbit.
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From its central orbital location of 15° West, Telstar 12 VANTAGE will provide coverage of
the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Middle East, as well as high traffic maritime zones in the
Mediterranean, North Sea, Caribbean and the South Atlantic. It will also combine traditional regional
beams with high throughput spot beams allowing customers greater flexibility in the design of their
networks along with full backward compatibility for their existing Ku-band terminal equipment.
∙∙ Superior performance to meet growing needs of broadcasters,
enterprise and government users including demand for
maritime and aero services
∙∙ High throughput spot beams combine with traditional regional
beams allowing greater flexibility in network design
∙∙ Full backward compatibility with existing Ku-band terminal
equipment
∙∙ Brings new capacity to high growth mobility markets over the
South Atlantic, Caribbean, Mediterranean and North Sea
North America
Latin America
Europe, Middle East, and Africa
Asia
Headquarters
Ottawa, ON, Canada
+1.613.748.0123
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
+55.21.3211.9700
London, United Kingdom
+44.20.7227.0440
Singapore
+65.6538.1738
Key Facts
SATELLITE MANUFACTURER
Airbus Defence and Space
TRANSPONDERS
Up to 52 Ku-band 36 MHz
equivalents, plus additional spot
beam capacity
EXPECTED LAUNCH
Late 2015
Email [email protected]
Website www.telesat.com
Bedminster, NJ, U.S.A.
+1.908.470.4900
Washington, DC, U.S.A.
+1.301.771.4630
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Powerful New Satellite with High Throughput
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Telstar 12 at 15° West
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Telstar 12 at 15° West has long been valued by the satellite user community for its continental coverage
and ability to seamlessly connect the Americas to Europe and the Middle East.
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Now with Telstar 12 VANTAGE, customers will have access to a combination of broad regional
coverage and high throughput beams to give them important operational advantages in the
performance of their networks.
Coverages shown are preliminary
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