Measat-3 provided C-band services covering Asia, Australia, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East.
Measat partnered with Boeing Satellite Systems to investigate the Measat‑3 anomaly.
ExoAnalytic Solutions tracked Measat-3 drifting westward out of its 91.5 East geostationary orbital slot.
Measat-3 was equipped with C-band and Ku-band transponders.
ExoAnalytic Solutions reported Measat-3’s perigee as 138 km above the geostationary belt.
Measat-3 made it less than halfway to a graveyard orbit 300 km above the geostationary belt during de-orbit maneuvers in September 2022, according to ExoAnalytic Solutions.
Measat-3 provided coverage to more than 100 countries across Asia, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Measat-3 provided C-band coverage of Asia, Australia, Southern Europe, Africa, and the Middle East and Ku-band coverage of Malaysia, Indonesia, and South Asia.
In May 2019 Measat planned for Airbus Defence and Space to build Measat-3d as a Measat-3 replacement scheduled for a 2021 launch.
Measat-3 was launched in 2006 and is based on the Boeing 601 satellite platform.
Measat-3d was built for Measat by Airbus Defense and Space under a 2019 contract as a replacement for Measat-3 and Measat-3a.
Some underwriters are disputing Measat’s $45,000,000 claim for Measat-3 while other underwriters have agreed to pay their shares.