Star One C3 is a

communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth ...

operated by

Star One Star One was an Indian pay television network based in Mumbai. It was launched on 1 November 2004 and was it owned by Star TV and distributed worldwide by Fox International Channels. In November 2006, Star One was launched in the UK on Sky. ...

, a subsidiary of

Embratel Embratel is a major Brazilian telecommunications company headquartered in Rio de Janeiro. The company was the long distance arm of Telebras until it was bought by the U.S. company MCI Communications for 2.65 billion reais during the 1998 break ...

. It was built by

Orbital Sciences Corporation Orbital Sciences Corporation (commonly referred to as Orbital) was an American company specializing in the design, manufacture, and launch of small- and medium- class space and launch vehicle systems for commercial, military and other governmen ...

based on the

STAR-2 The STAR-2 Bus is a fully redundant, flight-proven, spacecraft bus designed for geosynchronous missions. It is a satellite platform, designed and developed by Thomas van der Heyden for the Indonesian Cakrawarta satellite program in the early 19 ...

satellite bus, and was launched on 10 November 2012 21:05 UTC by an Ariane 5ECA carrier rocket, as part of a dual-payload launch with Eutelsat 21B. Star One C3 will replace Brasilsat B3 in the 75° W position. The start mass was 3226.6 kg.Astrium: ''Launch kit V210 Ariane 5, EUTELSAT 21B – STAR ONE C3'', dated: November 9, 2012, access: November 10, 2012

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Arianespace launch press kit

Star One C3 coverage maps
as files.
Star One C3 coverage maps
on Google Maps.
Star One C3 realtime tracking
Communications satellites in geosynchronous orbit Spacecraft launched in 2012 Satellites using the GEOStar bus Star One satellites {{Brazil-spacecraft-stub, nocat=yes

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