| The
Launch |
| Thuraya
2 Launched Successfully… |
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| Thuraya marked
another milestone by successfully launching its second
satellite Thuraya 2 on the 10th of June. |
| The Thuraya 2 satellite was deployed into
geosynchronous transfer orbit by Sea Launch, which was
also the launching vehicle for Thuraya’s first satellite.
Thuraya 1 in October 2000. Thuraya’s third satellite
is being built by Boeing Satellite Systems to expand system
capacity. |
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| The Thuraya 2,
on board the Zenit-3SL rocket lifted off from the Odyssey
Launch Platform positioned on the equator in the Pacific
Ocean. The 44-minute launch window opened at 5:56 pm UAE
time (13:56 GMT) on June 10… |
| Thuraya’s
chosen launch vehicle Sea Launch is one of the world’s
leading reliable heavy-lift launch service providers for
commercial satellite sector. |
| About Thuraya
2 Satellite… |
| Thuraya 2 derives
solar power from two 5-panel arrays, incorporating the
flat planar design now standard on all Boeing 702 satellites.
These arrays carry a new generation of triple junction
solar cells, designed to provide 11 kilowatts of power
throughout the satellite’s 12-year design life. |
| At the heart of
the spacecraft’s communication system is Boeing’s
advanced digital signal processor. Built with five times
more capability than its predecessors, its computing power
exceeds that of 3,000 Pentium IV-based computers. With
nearly 300 spot beams that can be redirected on orbit,
Thuraya D2 will enable tens of thousands of simultaneous
phone calls—routed from one handheld unit to another,
or to a terrestrial network |
