NSS-7 is a

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owned by SES. It launched on 16 April 2002 on an AR-44L model of the

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launch vehicle. It is a hybrid Ku- and C-band telecommunications satellite providing fixed satellite services, including video distribution, Internet access, corporate business networking and fixed services such as telephony and data. Based on an enhanced version of

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's A2100AX satellite bus, this 72 transponder satellite initially operated at 22° West longitude over the

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, providing coverage to the whole of

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. In May 2012 it shifted over to the 20° West location to take over the duties of NSS-5.

References

External links

Official SES SiteInternational Media Switzerland
Official provider's site Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Spacecraft launched in 2002 SES satellites NSS-07 {{Netherlands-spacecraft-stub, nocat=yes