Hellas Sat
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| industry = Communications satellite
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| hq_location_city = Athens, Greece
| hq_location_country = Nicosia, Cyprus
| areas_served = Greece and Cyprus
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Hellas Sat Consortium Ltd (Hellas Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek/Cypriot Hellas Sat 2 satellite, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May 2003 to the 39th eastern meridian orbital position in the geostationary satellite orbit. On 29 June 2017 the Hellas Sat 3 was launched successfully to replace Hellas Sat 2.[http://en.protothema.gr/greece-cyprus-launch-hellas-sat-3-satellite/ Greece & Cyprus launch ‘Hellas Sat 3’ satellite] Thema News, June 2017.
Hellas Sat has developed a network of strategically located telecommunication partners with Digital Video Broadcasting platforms, carrying over 100 television channels, and Internet protocol-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe, and two steerable beams over the Middle East and South Africa. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions as well as occasional video feeds and Internet access services.{{citation needed|date=April 2019}}
Satellite
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Hellas Sat 2 is an ASTRIUM Eurostar 2000+ platform spacecraft at orbital position 39° east. It was launched on 13 May 2003, and has an expected lifetime of 15 years. It has 30+8 (redundant) Ku band 36 MHz transponders
Launch Consultants
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RPC Telecom acted as the International Telecommunication Union filing and frequency coordination consultant, while Petrosat WLL was the launch consultant.
Television and radio services
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One of Hellas Sat's strategic partners is Satellite Telecommunications Network (STN), which offers comprehensive television and/or radio channel distribution services. STN offers standard-definition television (STDV) and/or high-definition television (HDTV) play-out services,{{Definition needed|date=April 2019}} SDTV and/or HDTV turnaround services{{Definition needed|date=April 2019}} as well as encryption, subtitling, and other services. STN was also behind the transmission of Euro1080-HD1 on Hellas-Sat-2, Europe's first HDTV channel.
References
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External links
- [https://www.panoramio.com/map/?user=3221802#lt=34.8593305&ln=33.384184&z=0 Hellas SAT Space Center] [https://archive.today/20130131011315/http://www.panoramio.com/map/?user=3221802%23lt=34.859330&ln=33.384184&z=0&k=1&a=1&tab=5&pl=all Archive link], 20 March 2021
- [http://www.hellas-sat.net Hellas-Sat Official web-site]
- [http://www.stn.si STN Ltd. TV/Radio Teleport and Up-link station] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081218134139/http://www.stn.si/ |date=18 December 2008 }}
- {{satbeams footprint|5517|Hellas-Sat}}
- [http://i-m.ch/satellite-services/satellite-coverage/hellas-sat-2-at-39-0e/ IMS] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225011041/http://i-m.ch/satellite-services/satellite-coverage/hellas-sat-2-at-39-0e/ |date=25 February 2014 }} Official provider's site
- [http://www.rpctelecom.com RPC Telecom] launch consultant
- [http://www.petrosat.com Petrosat WLL] launch consultant
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