Orbital KOREASAT 6 - Manual (Page 2)

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KOREASAT 6
DBS Beam
Specifications
Spacecraft
Launch Mass: 2,622 kg (5,780 lb.)
Solar Arrays: Three panels per array, UTJ Gallium
Arsenide cells
Stabilization: 3-axis stabilized
Propulsion: Monopropellant (hydrazine) on-orbit system
Batteries: Two >4840 W-hr capacity Li-ion batteries
Mission Life: 15 years (fueled for >16 years)
Orbit: 116 ° East Longitude
Payload
Ku-band
Repeater:
30-for-24 FSS TWTAs, 9-for-6 DBS TWTAs
TWTA Power: 130 W RF and 50 W RF
Antenna: One 2.3 m single shell deployable; one 2.3 m
dual grid array deployable reflector
Launch
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 5
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Date: December 29, 2010
Mission Partners
KT Corporation
Korea’s leading integrated communications service provider
Thales Alenia Space
Prime contractor for KOREASAT 6 and provider of the
communications payload
Orbital Sciences Corporation
Orbital provided the satellite bus; carried out engineering,
manufacturing, integration and final spacecraft testing; and
provided six months of on-site support after the satellite was
handed over to the customer
Arianespace
Launch provider
Coverage Contour Maps
FSS Beam