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Gilat’s SkyEdge II-c X-Architecture operates over China Satcom’s HTS Ka-band network ChinaSat-16 and provides multiple switchovers between satellite beams.
ChinaSat-18 was lost in August 2019 due to a spacecraft power failure immediately after launch.
ChinaSat-18 was launched on 2019-08-19 atop a Long March 3B launch vehicle from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center.
China Satcom operates 16 geostationary satellites.
Gilat Satellite Networks was selected in 2018 to provide the ground network for ChinaSat-18, as it did for ChinaSat-16.
ChinaSat-18 was intended to complete China Satcom’s coverage of China in HTS Ka-band capacity, joining ChinaSat-16 which launched in May 2017.
Viasat announced a partnership with China Satcom in April to provide inflight connectivity in China and planned to utilize ChinaSat-18.
ChinaSat-18 was insured for $250,000,000 and reportedly failed to deploy its solar arrays after its 2019-08-19 launch aboard a Long March 3B rocket.
Gilat Satellite Networks was selected in 2018 to provide the ground network for ChinaSat-18, as it did for ChinaSat-16.
ChinaSat-18 was intended to complete China Satcom’s coverage of China in high-throughput Ka-band capacity.
ChinaSat-18 remains in a geostationary transfer orbit more than a week after its 2019-08-19 launch.
ChinaSat-18 was intended to join ChinaSat-16, which launched in May 2017.
China Satcom operates 16 geostationary satellites.
ChinaSat-18 was launched on 2019-08-19 aboard a Long March 3B rocket.
Zhongxing-18 (ChinaSat-18) is a civilian telecommunications satellite intended to provide broadcasting and communications services to China.
China Satcom has one Ka-band satellite, ChinaSat-16, in orbit and a second, ChinaSat-18, slated to launch later 2019.
On 2019-04-23 Viasat Inc. and China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. entered into a strategic partnership to jointly provide in-flight connectivity services within China for domestic and international airlines.
China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd.’s Ka-band fleet includes the already operational ChinaSat-16 satellite.
China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. planned ChinaSat-18 for launch later in 2019.
Viasat will deliver and support its in-flight connectivity equipment to airlines tailored for use on the China Satellite Communications Co., Ltd. network.