Star One C4
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Hot position
It is part of our third generation of satellites and shares the 70.0° W orbital position with the D2, through the co-location technique.
It is considered hot position for transmitting the signals of the largest television stations in the country.
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Manufacture
The C4 was manufactured by SSL in the United States and launched in July 2015 from the Kourou base in French Guiana.
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Characteristics
Based on the 13003 platform, it has power of 15,600 W, total mass of 5,635 kg and useful life of 15 years
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Coverage
Its wide coverage covers the entire national territory, western South America and Central America, Mexico and the continental USA.
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Transmission
It has 48 transponders of 36 MHz in Ku Band, tripling the current capacity of the orbital position of 70.0°W in this frequency band.