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Nilesat is an Egyptian company, and the name of a series of Egyptian communications satellites. It was established in 1996 with the purpose of operating Egyptian satellites and their associated ground control station and uplinking facilities. The company is owned by The Egyptian Radio & Television Union with a 40 per cent share, the Arab Organization for Industrialization with a 10 per cent share, the Egyptian Company for Investment Projects with a 9 per cent share and the rest is owned by the general public, Egyptian financial institutions and other investors. The company has two ground stations, a primary one in 6th of October City and a secondary ground station in Alexandria. The two ground stations were built by EADS Astrium.[2] Nilesat operates multiple geosynchronous communications satellites all of which are stationed at 7 degrees West. Nilesat includes as of January 18 2008 415 video channels, 300 of which are free-to-air.[3]
[edit] Nilesat 101Main article: Nilesat 101 Nilesat 101 was Launched by an Ariane 4 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on 28 April 1998 at 22:53:00 UTC by the European Space Agency. It was manufactured by the European company Matra Marconi Space (Astrium) and started official broadcasting on 31 May 1998 with an Expected Life Time of 15 years. At launch the spacecraft weighed 1,840 kg (fully fuelled). [edit] Nilesat 102Main article: Nilesat 102 Nilesat 102 was launched by an Ariane 44LP rocket from Kourou, French Guiana on August 17, 2000 at 23:16 UTC by the European Space Agency. It was manufactured by the European company Matra Marconi Space (Astrium), and started official broadcasting in 12 September 2000 with an Expected Life Time of 15 years. At launch the spacecraft weighed 1,827 kg (fully fuelled). [edit] Nilesat 103Main article: Nilesat 103 Nilesat and Eutelsat has agreed in September 2005 to lease capacity on Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 4 satellite after relocating it to 7 degrees West and renaming it Nilesat 103. The satellite is scheduled to be repositioned to this location in the second quarter of 2006 after the launch and entry into service of Eutelsat’s HOT BIRD 7A and HOT BIRD 8 satellites. [edit] Nilesat 201Main article: Nilesat 201 Nilesat 201 Satellite is a future satellite which will be launched in May 2010. It will be based in Spacebus 4000B2 satellite platform. Primer contractor is Thales Alenia Space. Nominal lifetime in 15 years, launch mass of 3.2 tonnes and 5.7Kw of electricity power to payload at end of nominal lifetime. It will carry 40 transponders, of which 24 will be of BSS-type in Ku band and 4 in Ka band. [4] [edit] References
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