ASIASAT 9@122 East will be launched On 29 September 2017

This satellite is most powerful satellite of Asia region. It has higher bandwidth and specially designed to deliver significantly improved power. It is the replacement satellite for Asiasat 4 at 122 E. Asiasat 9 have multiple C, Ku, Ka Band payloads. The special focus of this satellite is Ku band Myanmar beam, Indonesia & Mongolia covered new Ku band beams, two enhanced Ku band beams serving for Australasia and East Asia. It has also a high power C band beam which covered across the Asia-Pacific region. The five Ku band beams onboard Asiasat 9 is equipped with cross-strap beam switching capability to provide flexible coverage mission profile. The portion M launch vehicle, utilizing a 5-burn Breeze M mission design, will lift off from Pad 39 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan with the Asiasat 9 satellite on board. The first three stage of the portion will use a standard ascent profile to place the orbital unit(Breeze M upper stage and the Asiasat 9 satellite) into a sub-orbital trajectory. From this point in the mission, the Breeze M will perform planned mission manoeuvres to advance the orbital unit first to a nearly circular parking orbit, then to an intermediate orbit, followed by a transfer orbit, and finally to a geosynchronous transfer orbit. Separation of the AsiaSat 9 satellite is scheduled to occur approximately 9 hours, 13 minutes after lift-off. 

ASIASAT 9@122 East

Satellite Name :Asiasat 9

Orbital location: 122 East 

Statistics: Multiple C, Ku and Ka-Band 

Anticipated service life: 15+ years

Payload: AsiaSat 9 communications satellite SSL 1300 Separated spacecraft mass: Approx. 6,140 kg (13,536 lbs)

Launch Vehicle: Proton Breeze M 705,000 kg (1,554,000 lbs), including payload 58.2 m (191 ft)

Launch Date: September 29, 2017

Launch Time: 02:52:16 Hong Kong

Live broadcast : http://asiasat9.imgondemand.com will  begin approximately 30 minutes before liftoff.