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Optus (satellite)

January 01, 1970

This is a list of the satellites operated by Optus, an Australian telecommunications company. The satellite communications facility is located at Belrose on Sydney's Northern Beaches.[1] Optus' satellites are divided into 4 classes A, B, C and D. As of April 2014 it owns and operates Optus B3, Optus C1, Optus D1, Optus D2 and Optus D3. Optus A1, Optus A2, Optus A3 and Optus B1 satellites have been retired.[2] Optus has the largest network of satellites in Australia and New Zealand.[3]

On 2 February 2014, NBN Co of Australia chose Optus for a five-year contract to operate two purpose-built satellites (the Sky Muster satellites) to deliver high speed broadband across rural and remote Australia.[4][5]

A-Class edit

  • Satellite Type: Hughes HS-376
  • Design Life: 7 Years for A1 & A2 - 10 Years for A3
  • Equipment: 15 Ku band transponders (including four 30W transponders and eleven 12W transponders)[6]
  • Diameter: 2.2m[6]
  • Height: 2.9m (stowed), 6.3m (deployed)[6]

The Aussat A-Class satellites were funded by the Government for Aussat Pty Ltd. When Optus was granted a telecommunications carrier licence in 1991, it was bundled with the purchase of Aussat Pty Limited as part of the carrier licence deal.

Aussat (Optus) A1 edit

 
Aussat 1 (now Optus A1) on deployment from Space Shuttle Discovery on STS-51-I
  • Operational Location: 160° east (1985–1993)[7]
  • Launch Date: 27 August 1985 (Out of service; not deorbited)

Aussat 1 was deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery during the first day of the STS-51-I mission.

Aussat (Optus) A2 edit

  • Operational Locations: 156° east (1985–1993), 164° east (1993–1999)[7]
  • Launch Date: 27 November 1985 (Out of service; not deorbited)

Aussat 2 was deployed by Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS-61-B mission.

Aussat (Optus) A3 edit

  • Operational Locations: 164° east (1987–1993), 156° east (1993–1995), 152° east (1995–1999)[7]
  • On retirement from Optus service, Optus A3 was transferred to the 31.5°E orbital position which belongs to SES.
  • Launch Date: 16 September 1987
  • Moved to graveyard orbit and shutdown: April 2008 Watch The shutdown on Youtube.com
  • Was the oldest HS-376 still in active operation

Aussat 3 was launched from Guiana Space Centre by an Ariane 3.[8]

B-Class edit

  • Satellite Type: Hughes HS-601
  • Design Life: 10 Years
  • Equipment: 15 Ku band transponders, 1 L band transponder, Ka band beacon, laser retroreflector

The B-Class satellites were manufactured by Hughes and launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center by Long March rockets. The two satellites were the first U.S.-built satellites to be approved by the Reagan administration for launch on Chinese rockets. To break into the commercial launch market, the Chinese offered to launch for less than half of what a U.S. launch company would charge.[9]

Optus B1 edit

  • Primary mission location: 160° east
  • Current location: Sent to Junk orbit[10]
  • Launch date: 13 August 1992
  • Beacon frequencies: 12.748.000 H / 12.749.000 H

Optus B1 was moved to Junk orbit in May 2008.

Failures edit

Satellite Control Processor

On 21 May 2005 services were temporarily lost when the Primary Satellite Control Processor failed. The satellite was switched to use the Backup SCP in order to restore services. Thereafter the satellite continued to operate from the Backup SCP.[11][12]

March 2006 Positioning Failure

 
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  • Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service

At 06:52 UTC on 30 March 2006, a routine repositioning manoeuvre failed, resulting in loss of pointing control of the satellite. Although communication with the satellite was not lost, transmission services provided by the satellite failed due to its incorrect positioning. Services were progressively restored between 18:00 and 20:00 UTC.[13][14][15][16][17]

Local time at the time of the start of the outage ranged from 14:52 AWST to 18:52 NZST, a peak time for listeners and viewers of the radio and television broadcast and subscription services provided directly or indirectly by the satellite.

See also: Sky Television (New Zealand) § Satellite upgrade

Optus B2 edit

  • Launch Date: 21 December 1992

The Long March 2E rocket carrying Optus B2 experienced a collapse of the payload fairing, destroying the satellite. The rocket continued functioning and delivered the debris into low Earth orbit.[18] The cause of the failure could not be determined at the time.[19] However, the Long March 2E experienced the same payload fairing collapse when launching Apstar 2 in 1995. Based on instrumentation added to the satellite, Hughes determined that the failure was caused by aerodynamic forces and wind shear.[18] The information provided by Hughes caused great political controversy in the United States, which subsequently banned U.S. satellites from being launched on Chinese rockets.[20]

Optus B3 edit

  • Primary mission locations: 156° east (from initial launch until establishment of Optus C1), 152° east (until establishment of Optus D2)
  • Current location: 164° east inclined(as at 2008-02-17)[21]
  • Launch Date: 27 August 1994

Optus B3 was launched as a replacement for Optus B2. After the fairing failure that destroyed Optus B2, Hughes recommended reinforcement of the fairing. The Chinese chose not to follow the recommendations and instead added more rivets.[18] The launch of Optus B3 was successful, but the next launch of the Long March 2E experienced another fairing failure and destroyed the Apstar 2 satellite.

This satellite is owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and leased back to Singtel Optus. It was replaced by Optus D2.[10]

Optus (and Defence) C1 edit

 
Artist impression of Optus C1

Partially funded by the Australian Government (Defence Department) - Optus C1's use is shared between Defence and Telecommunications, in particular the supply of Television services to Australia. Mitsubishi Electric was the prime contractor responsible for manufacturing all the Optus C1 communications systems.[23]

D-Class edit

 
Artist impression of Optus D1

The D1 and D2 satellites replace and expand the services provided by the B1 and B3 satellites respectively, which had both been operating beyond their design lifetimes. The D3 satellite is co-located with C1 to expand capacity.

Optus D1 edit

  • Location: 160° east
  • Launch Date: 13 October 2006
  • Equipment: 24 Ku band transponders
  • Launch mass: 2350 kg

D1 was successfully launched by an Ariane 5 ECA on 13 October 2006 at 20:56 UTC.[24] It was the first satellite to sign contract for Launch Services Alliance mission assurance.[25]

Customers on D1 include the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), Special Broadcasting Service (SBS), the Seven Network, the Nine Network, Sky Television New Zealand and New Zealand's Kordia (formerly known as BCL). D1 also supports VSAT users.[26]

Kordia is leasing a full transponder for sublease to TVNZ (TVNZ 1 & TVNZ 2) and Discovery New Zealand (Three & Bravo) for the Freeview service. The Kordia transponder will be on 12.4697 GHz.[27]

Incorrect configuration of New Zealand spot beam edit

During in-orbit testing of the satellite, it was discovered that the New Zealand spot beam had been configured with horizontal polarisation instead of the expected vertical polarisation - as had been used on its predecessor Optus B1.[28][29]

As many existing receivers did not have the ability to receive horizontally aligned signals, Sky Television was unable to transfer services from Optus B1 to this beam as expected. Sky was instead assigned capacity on the more general Australia/NZ beam. Due to restrictions on broadcast rights (in terms of both broadcast licensing and copyright), the unencrypted Freeview service could not make a similar allocation switch and was set up as a horizontally-aligned service on the New Zealand spot beam.[30]

On 31 July 2007, Sky successfully performed an over the air software upgrade to all of its customer set-top boxes, enabling them to receive the horizontally-aligned signals from the New Zealand spot beam. Accordingly, Sky was able to return to their original capacity allocation.[31]

Optus D2 edit

  • Location: 152° east
  • Launch date: 5 October 2007
  • Equipment: 24 active Ku band transponders (including sixteen 150W transponders and eight 44W transponders).[32]
  • Launch mass: 2375 kg[32]

D2 was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Centre by an Ariane 5 GS on 5 October 2007 at 22:02 UTC.[33]

Optus D2 replaced Optus B3, which had been in operation for 13 years at the time of D2's launch.[34]

D2 also carries a large number of Free To Air channels, many in languages other than English

Optus decommissioned Optus D2 on March 31, 2023, as the satellite has reached end of life. Some broadcast users have started simulcasting their services on alternate satellites such as Intelsat 19.

Optus D3 edit

  • Location: 156° east[35]
  • Launch Date: 21 August 2009[36]
  • Equipment: 32 Ku band transponders (consisting of twenty four 125 watt primary and eight 44 watt backup transponders)[37][38]
  • Launch mass: 2500 kg[37]

The third in the D series of Optus satellites was successfully launched into a geostationary transfer orbit on 21 August 2009 at 22:09 UTC by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.[36] The satellite will be co-located with Optus C1 at 156° east. Optus sold 25% of the transponder capacity (6 out of 24) to Foxtel to provide High Definition programming as well as "new channels, expanded digital services and enhanced picture and sound quality".[39][40]

Optus 10 edit

"Optus 10", was awarded to Space Systems/Loral, and announced on 21 March 2011 in a press release by Optus CEO Paul O'Sullivan. The satellite will provide "high quality broadcast services to households, and two way voice and data communication services to areas in and around Australia and NZ", and "satellite services to Australia and NZ Government departments, premium companies and broadcasters including FOXTEL, ABC, SBS, Seven Network, Nine Network, Network Ten, Globecast Australia and Sky TV New Zealand.".[42]

References edit

  1. ^ Taylor, Josh (13 July 2011). "Optus satellite facility tour: photos". Slideshow. Retrieved 13 July 2011.
  2. ^ . Sattvkits.com. Archived from the original on 17 October 2013. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  3. ^ "The Optus Satellite Network". Optus.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  4. ^ . NBN Co. 3 February 2014. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  5. ^ "Optus to take control of NBN Co satellites". Theregister.co.uk. Retrieved 5 April 2014.
  6. ^ a b c . Boeing. Archived from the original on 6 November 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  7. ^ a b c . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Mark Wade. Archived from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  8. ^ . Encyclopedia Astronautica. Mark Wade. Archived from the original on 17 October 2007. Retrieved 8 October 2007.
  9. ^ Stevenson, Richard W. (16 September 1988). "Shaky Start for Rocket Business". The New York Times.
  10. ^ a b c "About Optus - Satellite Network". Optus. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  11. ^ "Optus satellite outage problem fixed". AAP via The Age. 27 May 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  12. ^ . Satellite News Digest. Archived from the original on 4 October 2007. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  13. ^ "Optus B1 satellite service restored following overnight outage" (Press release). Optus. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  14. ^ "Outage On SKY Satellite Service" (Press release). SKY Network Television Limited. 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  15. ^ "Solar Eclipse Interferes With Satellite Restoration" (Press release). SKY Network Television Limited. 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  16. ^ "SKY Satellite Service Restored" (Press release). SKY Network Television Limited. 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  17. ^ "SKY Satellite Service Restored" (Press release). SKY Network Television Limited. 2006. Retrieved 11 October 2007.
  18. ^ a b c "CZ-2E Space Launch Vehicle". GlobalSecurity.org.
  19. ^ "Optus B1, B2, B3". Gunter's Space Page.
  20. ^ Zelnio, Ryan (9 January 2006). "A short history of export control policy". The Space Review.
  21. ^ "Real Time Satellite Tracking (Optus B3)". www.n2yo.com. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  22. ^ "New era of defence communications launched into space" (Press release). Senator the Hon Robert Hill, Minister for Defence. 12 June 2003. Retrieved 24 January 2008.
  23. ^ . Mitsubishi Electric Corporation. 2008. Archived from the original on 17 May 2008. Retrieved 2 August 2008.
  24. ^ "Ariane 5 ECA launch a success: DIRECTV 9S and OPTUS D1 in orbit" (Press release). Arianespace. 13 October 2006. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  25. ^ "Optus D1 - Groundbreaking Contract". Arianespace. 19 May 2004. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
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  31. ^ . The Dominion Post via stuff.co.nz. Fairfax New Zealand. 6 August 2007. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
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  33. ^ "Arianespace boosts Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 into orbit" (Press release). Arianespace. 5 October 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
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  35. ^ "Arianespace To Launch Australian Satellite Optus D3". Space Daily. 9 April 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
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  39. ^ . Kagan Global Research Team. JupiterResearch Analyst Weblogs. 11 April 2007. Archived from the original on 14 February 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
  40. ^ "FOXTEL acquires additional satellite capacity for new television services" (Press release). FOXTEL. 29 March 2007. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
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  42. ^ a b "Optus 10 Satellite Successfully Launched". Optus. 12 September 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
  43. ^ . Archived from the original on 12 September 2014.

External links edit

Satellite information and orbital data edit

  • A1: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • A2: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • A3: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • B1: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • B3: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • C1: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • D1: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • D2: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking
  • D3: Info | Orbit data | Online Tracking

Manufacturer satellite information pages edit

  • A Series:
  • B1:
  • C1:
  • D Series: Orbital Sciences Corporation
  • D3: Orbital Sciences Corporation

Satellite operators edit

  • Optus
    • D1 Satellite Payload Information
  • Australian Government Department of Defence

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This is a list of the satellites operated by Optus an Australian telecommunications company The satellite communications facility is located at Belrose on Sydney s Northern Beaches 1 Optus satellites are divided into 4 classes A B C and D As of April 2014 it owns and operates Optus B3 Optus C1 Optus D1 Optus D2 and Optus D3 Optus A1 Optus A2 Optus A3 and Optus B1 satellites have been retired 2 Optus has the largest network of satellites in Australia and New Zealand 3 On 2 February 2014 NBN Co of Australia chose Optus for a five year contract to operate two purpose built satellites the Sky Muster satellites to deliver high speed broadband across rural and remote Australia 4 5 Contents 1 A Class 1 1 Aussat Optus A1 1 2 Aussat Optus A2 1 3 Aussat Optus A3 2 B Class 2 1 Optus B1 2 1 1 Failures 2 2 Optus B2 2 3 Optus B3 3 Optus and Defence C1 4 D Class 4 1 Optus D1 4 1 1 Incorrect configuration of New Zealand spot beam 4 2 Optus D2 4 3 Optus D3 4 4 Optus 10 5 References 6 External links 6 1 Satellite information and orbital data 6 2 Manufacturer satellite information pages 6 3 Satellite operatorsA Class editSatellite Type Hughes HS 376 Design Life 7 Years for A1 amp A2 10 Years for A3 Equipment 15 Ku band transponders including four 30W transponders and eleven 12W transponders 6 Diameter 2 2m 6 Height 2 9m stowed 6 3m deployed 6 The Aussat A Class satellites were funded by the Government for Aussat Pty Ltd When Optus was granted a telecommunications carrier licence in 1991 it was bundled with the purchase of Aussat Pty Limited as part of the carrier licence deal Aussat Optus A1 edit nbsp Aussat 1 now Optus A1 on deployment from Space Shuttle Discovery on STS 51 I Operational Location 160 east 1985 1993 7 Launch Date 27 August 1985 Out of service not deorbited Aussat 1 was deployed by Space Shuttle Discovery during the first day of the STS 51 I mission Aussat Optus A2 edit Operational Locations 156 east 1985 1993 164 east 1993 1999 7 Launch Date 27 November 1985 Out of service not deorbited Aussat 2 was deployed by Space Shuttle Atlantis during the STS 61 B mission Aussat Optus A3 edit Operational Locations 164 east 1987 1993 156 east 1993 1995 152 east 1995 1999 7 On retirement from Optus service Optus A3 was transferred to the 31 5 E orbital position which belongs to SES Launch Date 16 September 1987 Moved to graveyard orbit and shutdown April 2008 Watch The shutdown on Youtube com Was the oldest HS 376 still in active operation Aussat 3 was launched from Guiana Space Centre by an Ariane 3 8 B Class editSatellite Type Hughes HS 601 Design Life 10 Years Equipment 15 Ku band transponders 1 L band transponder Ka band beacon laser retroreflector The B Class satellites were manufactured by Hughes and launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center by Long March rockets The two satellites were the first U S built satellites to be approved by the Reagan administration for launch on Chinese rockets To break into the commercial launch market the Chinese offered to launch for less than half of what a U S launch company would charge 9 Optus B1 edit Primary mission location 160 east Current location Sent to Junk orbit 10 Launch date 13 August 1992 Beacon frequencies 12 748 000 H 12 749 000 H Optus B1 was moved to Junk orbit in May 2008 Failures edit Satellite Control ProcessorOn 21 May 2005 services were temporarily lost when the Primary Satellite Control Processor failed The satellite was switched to use the Backup SCP in order to restore services Thereafter the satellite continued to operate from the Backup SCP 11 12 March 2006 Positioning Failure nbsp Wikinews has related news Optus B1 outage leaves all New Zealand Sky TV digital subscribers without service At 06 52 UTC on 30 March 2006 a routine repositioning manoeuvre failed resulting in loss of pointing control of the satellite Although communication with the satellite was not lost transmission services provided by the satellite failed due to its incorrect positioning Services were progressively restored between 18 00 and 20 00 UTC 13 14 15 16 17 Local time at the time of the start of the outage ranged from 14 52 AWST to 18 52 NZST a peak time for listeners and viewers of the radio and television broadcast and subscription services provided directly or indirectly by the satellite See also Sky Television New Zealand Satellite upgrade Optus B2 edit Launch Date 21 December 1992 The Long March 2E rocket carrying Optus B2 experienced a collapse of the payload fairing destroying the satellite The rocket continued functioning and delivered the debris into low Earth orbit 18 The cause of the failure could not be determined at the time 19 However the Long March 2E experienced the same payload fairing collapse when launching Apstar 2 in 1995 Based on instrumentation added to the satellite Hughes determined that the failure was caused by aerodynamic forces and wind shear 18 The information provided by Hughes caused great political controversy in the United States which subsequently banned U S satellites from being launched on Chinese rockets 20 Optus B3 edit Primary mission locations 156 east from initial launch until establishment of Optus C1 152 east until establishment of Optus D2 Current location 164 east inclined as at 2008 02 17 21 Launch Date 27 August 1994 Optus B3 was launched as a replacement for Optus B2 After the fairing failure that destroyed Optus B2 Hughes recommended reinforcement of the fairing The Chinese chose not to follow the recommendations and instead added more rivets 18 The launch of Optus B3 was successful but the next launch of the Long March 2E experienced another fairing failure and destroyed the Apstar 2 satellite This satellite is owned by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia and leased back to Singtel Optus It was replaced by Optus D2 10 Optus and Defence C1 edit nbsp Artist impression of Optus C1 Satellite Type Space Systems Loral SS L LS 1300 Launch Date 11 June 2003 Location 156 east Design Life 15 Years Equipment 24 Ku band transponders 4 1 Ka band transponders 4 X band transponders 6 UHF transponders 10 22 Partially funded by the Australian Government Defence Department Optus C1 s use is shared between Defence and Telecommunications in particular the supply of Television services to Australia Mitsubishi Electric was the prime contractor responsible for manufacturing all the Optus C1 communications systems 23 D Class edit nbsp Artist impression of Optus D1 Manufacturer Orbital Sciences Corporation Satellite type Orbital STAR 2 platform Design life 15 years The D1 and D2 satellites replace and expand the services provided by the B1 and B3 satellites respectively which had both been operating beyond their design lifetimes The D3 satellite is co located with C1 to expand capacity Optus D1 edit Location 160 east Launch Date 13 October 2006 Equipment 24 Ku band transponders Launch mass 2350 kg D1 was successfully launched by an Ariane 5 ECA on 13 October 2006 at 20 56 UTC 24 It was the first satellite to sign contract for Launch Services Alliance mission assurance 25 Customers on D1 include the Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Special Broadcasting Service SBS the Seven Network the Nine Network Sky Television New Zealand and New Zealand s Kordia formerly known as BCL D1 also supports VSAT users 26 Kordia is leasing a full transponder for sublease to TVNZ TVNZ 1 amp TVNZ 2 and Discovery New Zealand Three amp Bravo for the Freeview service The Kordia transponder will be on 12 4697 GHz 27 Incorrect configuration of New Zealand spot beam edit During in orbit testing of the satellite it was discovered that the New Zealand spot beam had been configured with horizontal polarisation instead of the expected vertical polarisation as had been used on its predecessor Optus B1 28 29 As many existing receivers did not have the ability to receive horizontally aligned signals Sky Television was unable to transfer services from Optus B1 to this beam as expected Sky was instead assigned capacity on the more general Australia NZ beam Due to restrictions on broadcast rights in terms of both broadcast licensing and copyright the unencrypted Freeview service could not make a similar allocation switch and was set up as a horizontally aligned service on the New Zealand spot beam 30 On 31 July 2007 Sky successfully performed an over the air software upgrade to all of its customer set top boxes enabling them to receive the horizontally aligned signals from the New Zealand spot beam Accordingly Sky was able to return to their original capacity allocation 31 Optus D2 edit Location 152 east Launch date 5 October 2007 Equipment 24 active Ku band transponders including sixteen 150W transponders and eight 44W transponders 32 Launch mass 2375 kg 32 D2 was successfully launched from the Guiana Space Centre by an Ariane 5 GS on 5 October 2007 at 22 02 UTC 33 Optus D2 replaced Optus B3 which had been in operation for 13 years at the time of D2 s launch 34 D2 also carries a large number of Free To Air channels many in languages other than EnglishOptus decommissioned Optus D2 on March 31 2023 as the satellite has reached end of life Some broadcast users have started simulcasting their services on alternate satellites such as Intelsat 19 Optus D3 edit Location 156 east 35 Launch Date 21 August 2009 36 Equipment 32 Ku band transponders consisting of twenty four 125 watt primary and eight 44 watt backup transponders 37 38 Launch mass 2500 kg 37 The third in the D series of Optus satellites was successfully launched into a geostationary transfer orbit on 21 August 2009 at 22 09 UTC by Arianespace using an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from Europe s Spaceport in Kourou French Guiana 36 The satellite will be co located with Optus C1 at 156 east Optus sold 25 of the transponder capacity 6 out of 24 to Foxtel to provide High Definition programming as well as new channels expanded digital services and enhanced picture and sound quality 39 40 Optus 10 edit Location 156 east 41 Launch Date 11 September 2014 41 42 43 Launch Site Guiana Space Center 41 Rocket Ariane 5 ECA 41 Manufacturer Space Systems Loral SSL 41 Bus LS 1300 41 Possible Equipment based on previous D series 32 Ku band transponders consisting of twenty four 125 watt primary and eight 44 watt backup transponders 37 Launch mass 3200 kg 37 41 Regime Geostationary 41 Optus 10 was awarded to Space Systems Loral and announced on 21 March 2011 in a press release by Optus CEO Paul O Sullivan The satellite will provide high quality broadcast services to households and two way voice and data communication services to areas in and around Australia and NZ and satellite services to Australia and NZ Government departments premium companies and broadcasters including FOXTEL ABC SBS Seven Network Nine Network Network Ten Globecast Australia and Sky TV New Zealand 42 References edit Taylor Josh 13 July 2011 Optus satellite facility tour photos Slideshow Retrieved 13 July 2011 Satellite TV For Caravans Sattvkits 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into space Press release Senator the Hon Robert Hill Minister for Defence 12 June 2003 Retrieved 24 January 2008 OPTUS C1 Mitsubishi Electric Corporation 2008 Archived from the original on 17 May 2008 Retrieved 2 August 2008 Ariane 5 ECA launch a success DIRECTV 9S and OPTUS D1 in orbit Press release Arianespace 13 October 2006 Retrieved 6 October 2007 Optus D1 Groundbreaking Contract Arianespace 19 May 2004 Retrieved 18 August 2014 Optus D1 satellite successfully launched Press release Optus 14 October 2006 Retrieved 6 October 2007 1 Archived August 15 2006 at the Wayback Machine TV satellite taxing technicians onenews TVNZ 14 November 2006 Retrieved 6 October 2007 Optus D1 problems Free to Air Satellite Forums Asia Pacific 11 November 2006 Retrieved 6 October 2007 New Zealand s source for technology news on Stuff co nz Sky software update inconveniences few The Dominion Post via stuff co nz Fairfax New Zealand 6 August 2007 Archived from the original on 30 September 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 a b Fact Sheet Optus D1 and D2 PDF Orbital Sciences Corporation 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 Arianespace boosts Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 into orbit Press release Arianespace 5 October 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 D2 Launch Information Optus Retrieved 6 October 2007 Arianespace To Launch Australian Satellite Optus D3 Space Daily 9 April 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 a b Mission Update Ariane 5 s fourth launch of 2009 orbits the JCSAT 12 and Optus D3 payloads for two key Arianespace Asian Pacific customers Arianespace 21 August 2009 Retrieved 22 August 2009 a b c d Fact Sheet Optus D3 PDF Orbital Sciences Corporation Retrieved 11 April 2009 Orbital Awarded Contract For A Third Communications Satellite By Optus Of Australia Press release Orbital Sciences Corporation 29 March 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 FOXTEL and Optus Agree to a Satellite Deal Kagan Global Research Team JupiterResearch Analyst Weblogs 11 April 2007 Archived from the original on 14 February 2008 Retrieved 6 October 2007 FOXTEL acquires additional satellite capacity for new television services Press release FOXTEL 29 March 2007 Retrieved 6 October 2007 a b c d e f g h Satellite Details Optus 10 SatBeams Retrieved 5 April 2014 a b Optus 10 Satellite Successfully Launched Optus 12 September 2014 Retrieved 16 April 2017 Arianespace Press Release Arianespace successfully launches MEASAT 3b and OPTUS 10 satellites Archived from the original on 12 September 2014 External links editSatellite information and orbital data edit A1 Info Orbit data Online Tracking A2 Info Orbit data Online Tracking A3 Info Orbit data Online Tracking B1 Info Orbit data Online Tracking B3 Info Orbit data Online Tracking C1 Info Orbit data Online Tracking D1 Info Orbit data Online Tracking D2 Info Orbit data Online Tracking D3 Info Orbit data Online Tracking Manufacturer satellite information pages edit A Series Boeing Satellite Development Center B1 Boeing Satellite Development Center C1 Space Systems Loral D Series 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