Ciel 2 (

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33453) is a commercial broadcast

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owned by Canadian

Ciel Satellite Group Ciel Satellite Group is a private Canadian satellite operator, established in 2004, providing services throughout the Americas as a result of a partnership of Borealis Infrastructure, a financial institution, with satellite operator SES. The head ...

. It was launched on December 10, 2008 from

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by an ILS

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/ Breeze-M vehicle. The satellite is built by

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and is based on Spacebus-4000C4 bus. It is the largest Spacebus class satellite built to date (5561 kg). Operating from 129° West geostationary orbit position, its 32 K_u band transponders will deliver high-definition and other TV services throughout North America. The satellite delivers multiple independent spot beams in K_u band.

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has decided to spot beam local affiliates of major networks instead of offering them on

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as was previously done on Echostar 5.

References

External links

ILS website
mission control
Ciel-2 footprints
at Satbeams {{Dish Network SES satellites Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Spacecraft launched in 2008 Satellites using the Spacebus bus