Launching Vinasat-2 satellite

At 5:13 am on May 16, Vietnam's Vinasat-2 satellite will be launched into orbit.

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The source from the Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group (VNPT), which is assigned to be the investor of Vinasat-2, said that on the morning of May 16 (Vietnam time), Vinasat-2 satellite will be launched into the fund. static location at 131.8 degrees East by Arian 5 missile of Arianespace European Aerospace Transport Company.

The location is the launching ground of Kouru (Guyana - South America), which successfully launched Vinasat-1 satellite. Along with Vinasat-2 of Vietnam in this launch, there is also the satellite JCSAT-13 of Japan.

Vinasat-2 of Vietnam is about to be launched into orbit.

Vinasat-2 has a total cost of 260-280 million USD, approved by the Prime Minister and assigned to VNPT as an investor in December 2009. Like Vinasat-1, the Vinasat-2 project partner is still Lockheed Martin (United States) with the supply of satellites, control station equipment and launch services for telecommunications satellites.

Vinasat-2 satellite is manufactured on the A2100 platform, with a design life of 15 years. With 30 36MHz transponders on the Ku band (24 sets of commercial operators and 6 redundant sets), Vinasat-2 is capable of covering Southeast Asia and some neighboring countries. Vinasat-2 transmission capacity is equivalent to 13,000 voice / Internet / data transmission channels or about 150 television channels.

Together with Vinasat-1, Vinasat-2 creates a system of satellites with capacity to reserve capacity and risk, contributing to enhance safety and stability in the process of providing satellite capacity to customers. .

Vinasat-1's first satellite in Vietnam was launched into orbit on April 19, 2008; By May 22, 2008, this satellite was officially exploited. Vinasat-2 launch event will be announced by Vietnam Post and Telecommunications Group on the morning of May 9 in Hanoi.