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ProtoStar's First Satellite Operating Within Regulatory Guidelines
Hamilton, Bermuda (SPX) Oct 27, 2008 Executives of ProtoStar have praised the International Telecommunications Union's (ITU) Radiocommunication Bureau for issuing a Circular Telegram on 8 October 2008 to all 113 member nations confirming that ProtoStar I is, and has been, operating fully within applicable ITU rules and regulations since its successful launch on 7 July 2008. In its Circular Telegram, the ITU acknowledged that the Administration of Belarus, the notifying Administration for INTERSPUTNIK (International Organization of Space Communications) , has followed the regulations to properly bring frequencies into use on the operationally-healthy ProtoStar I satellite at 98.5 degrees east under the Intersputnik-98.5ECK satellite network. The ITU also confirmed that ProtoStar has met all due diligence requirements of ITU Resolution 49. "This international circular from the Radiocommunication Bureau underscores what we've been saying all along: that ProtoStar is a solid 'ITU citizen'," said Philip Father, ProtoStar's President and CEO. "We have operated, and will continue to operate, our satellites in full compliance with the ITU requirements. We continue to work with our orbital neighbors to fully and fairly coordinate all frequencies to maintain the integrity of their services as well as our own." Stefan Kollar, Intersputnik's Deputy Director General, added that "being an intergovernmental organization that files and internationally legally protects its satellite networks through the notifying administration of Belarus, Intersputnik guarantees that all applicable provisions of the ITU Radio Regulations including those related to avoidance of harmful interference to satellite networks having ITU date priority are strictly observed whenever any projects are implemented in cooperation with ProtoStar or other satellite operators." In early July, ProtoStar announced a cooperation agreement with INTERSPUTNIK to provide direct-to-home (DTH) television and broadband Internet services to DTH operators throughout South and Southeast Asia using ProtoStar I's powerful Ku-band and C-band transponders, enabling small dish television. ProtoStar's customers already include a premier line up of established Asian and Indian operators including Agrani Satellite Services Limited, a division of DishTV India Ltd.; PlanetSky Ltd. of Limassol, Cyprus; Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel); and most recently a collaboration with PLDT/Mabuhay Satellite Corporation. Community Email This Article Comment On This Article Share This Article With Planet Earth
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Second Chinese-Brazilian Satellite Fulfils 5-Year Mission In Orbit
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Oct 23, 2008The second earth resource satellite, CBERS-2, developed jointly by Brazil and China, fulfilled its five years' mission in orbit on Tuesday, the National Institute of Space Investigations of Brazil (INEP) said. |
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