AsiaSat 8


AsiaSat 8 or Amos-7 is a Hong Kong-turned-Israeli geostationary communications satellite which is operated by the Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company.

Satellite

AsiaSat 8 was built by Space Systems/Loral, and is based on the LS-1300LL satellite bus. The satellite carries 24 Ku band transponders and a Ka band payload, and was planned to be initially positioned above the equator, at a longitude of 105.5 degrees East, providing coverage of southern and south-eastern Asia, China and the Middle East.
In December 2016, Spacecom made a $88 million four-year agreement with AsiaSat to lease AsiaSat 8's Ku-band. It is providing service at 4 degrees West.

Launch vehicle

was contracted to launch AsiaSat 8, using a Falcon 9 v1.1 carrier rocket. The launch took place from Space Launch Complex 40 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station on 5 August 2014 at 08:00 UTC.
The Falcon 9 upper stage used to launch AsiaSat 8 is :Category:Derelict satellites orbiting Earth|derelict in a decaying elliptical low-Earth orbit that,, had an initial perigee of and an initial apogee of.
One month on, the orbit had decayed to an altitude of at its closest approach to Earth,
and by November had decayed to a perigee.