The New WORLDSAT Global Fleet:   Complete End-to-End Service

WORLDSAT provides customized video, data and IP solutions for international broadcasters, news organizations, government agencies, value-added resellers, ISPs and telecom carriers worldwide. In addition, WORLDSAT has established strategic relationships with a network of best-in-class regional satellite operators and teleports.
 

WORLDSAT assets interconnect the SES GLOBAL fleet -- the world's premier satellite systems, covering 95% of the world's population -- providing C-band trans-oceanic connectivity across the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean Regions, together with Ku-band coverage of Asia. WORLDSAT's newest satellites will provide the most powerful signals, reaching more markets than ever before. By interconnecting the world's premier regional satellite systems, we create seamless solutions for international broadcasters, secure data networks, value-added resellers and telecoms in the Americas and worldwide.

WORLDSAT delivers the global reach required by U.S. and international broadcasters, programmers and corporations. Our California and Hawaii earth stations provide key access to satellite systems in the Pacific Ocean Region, and our East Coast satellite facilities in New Jersey and Maryland provide access to the Atlantic Ocean Region. We also provide interconnects for U.S. distribution and turnarounds with connectivity to New York, Los Angeles and Denver.

The collective footprint of our fleet speaks for itself; however, our satellites are more than trans-oceanic ? they are transregional. Our spacecraft provide hemispheric, landmass coverage of the Americas, Europe, Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, which extends from southeast Russia to New Zealand and over to Bangladesh.

All WORLDSAT spacecraft operated by SES AMERICOM's Space Systems and Operations team, with fleet tracking, monitoring and control facilities in Princeton and Vernon Valley, New Jersey; Woodbine, Maryland; South Mountain, California; Grand Junction, Colorado; Sunset Beach, Hawaii; and Gibraltar.

WORLDSAT communications satellite provide C-band capacity across the Atlantic Ocean Region (37.5° West, 47° West), as well as the Pacific Ocean Region (174.3° West, 172° East), and Ku-band is available in Asia (108.2°East). New satellites, launching in 2004 and 2005, will add complete African and Australian coverage.


108.2 East
WORLDSAT-1

An advanced Lockheed Martin satellite of the A 2100A class, is a high-power, all Ku-Band FSS satellite with coverage of China, North-East Asia, Philippines and South Asia. From its position at 108.2 degrees East, WORLDSAT-1 offers to telecom operators, broadcasters, Internet service providers and other private or governmental customers the ability to provide a variety of satellite communications based services. This satellite was formerly referred to as AAP-1.


172 East
Spacenet 4
 

A hybrid C/Ku-band satellite launched in April 1991, this GE Astro 3000 spacecraft now serves intercontinental customers across the Pacific Ocean, providing cost-effective communications solutions to broadcasters, cable programmers, Internet service providers, government agencies, educational institutions and private corporate networks.


172 East
WORLDSAT-3

Scheduled to replace Spacenet 4 in 2005, this highly-advanced hybrid C/Ku-band satellite will serve local, transcontinental and transoceanic customers throughout the Pacific Region, including North America, Asia and Australia. This satellite was formerly referred to as AMC-13.


174.3 West
TDRS-5
 

Launched in August, 1991, this NASA satellite's C-band payload serves intercontinental customers across the Pacific Ocean, providing extremely cost-effective inclined-orbit communications to broadcasters, Internet service providers, government agencies, and private corporate networks. Asia to Europe turnarounds are accomplished via the Las Cruces, New Mexico, teleport to the TDRS-6 satellite.


47 West
TDRS-6

Launched in January, 1993, this NASA satellite's C-band payload serves intercontinental customers across the Atlantic Ocean, providing extremely cost-effective inclined-orbit communications to broadcasters, Internet service providers, government agencies, and private corporate networks. Europe to Asia turnarounds are accomplished via the Las Cruces, New Mexico,  teleport to the TDRS-5 satellite.


37.5 West
Satcom C1

Originally launched as an in-orbit spare to Satcom C5 (Aurora II) in 1990, this reliable C-band satellite now provides unique cost-effective coverage of Eastern North America, the North Atlantic, Europe and North Africa. Linking between ASTRA and AMERICOM systems across the Atlantic streamlines communications challenges for broadcasters, cable programmers, Internet service providers, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and private networks.


WORLDSAT-2

Scheduled to replace Satcom C1 in Q3 of 2004, this advanced high-powered C-band satellite will serve broadcasters, cable programmers, Internet service providers, government agencies, educational institutions, carriers and private networks throughout the Atlantic Region, including North America, the Caribbean, South America, Europe and Africa. High-powered and state-of-the-art, WORLDSAT-2 will offer unprecedented levels of performance. Its advanced design and high power levels will provide service with higher data throughput to smaller antennas. Two zone beams, one each for North and South America, will complement one hemi beam, covering Europe and Africa. The beams may be interconnected through on-board switching on an individual transponder basis. This satellite was formerly referred to as AMC-12.

For more information go to www.worldsat.net

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