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Nilesat 201 was launched in 2010 and is expected to run out of fuel in 2028.
Nilesat 301 was lifted to a geosynchronous transfer orbit from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Wednesday, 2022-06-08.
All imagery and an artistic rendition of the Nilesat 301 launch and its geostationary orbit depiction were provided by SpaceX via its real-time webcast.
Nilesat’s fleet operates from 7 degrees West.
Nilesat 301 will be launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
Eutelsat intends to take back capacity leased from Nilesat over the 7|8 degrees West hotspot.
Nilesat 301 is a commercial geostationary satellite being built by Thales Alenia Space.
Nilesat 201 was a Spacebus 4000-B2 satellite that was launched in 2010.
Thales Alenia Space received the manufacturing contract for Nilesat-301 in December.
Thales Alenia Space is building Nilesat-301 based on the Spacebus 4000-B2 platform.
SpaceX will launch NileSat’s next communications satellite on a Falcon 9 rocket in 2022.
Nilesat-301 will provide coverage of the Middle East and Northern Africa.
NileSat-301 will replace NileSat-201, which retires in 2028.
Thales Alenia Space will build the NileSat-301 satellite using its Spacebus 4000-B2 platform and will provide ground control infrastructure.
NileSat-301 is expected to launch in January 2022.
Thales Alenia Space received a contract from Egyptian satellite operator NileSat to build a new geostationary communications satellite.
NileSat operates commercially and provides service from three satellites.
Arianespace launched three satellites for NileSat between 1998 and 2010.