Azerbaijan, Baku, August 12 /Trend, H.Valiyev/
Up till the year end, the volume of revenue from the first launch of the Azerspace/Africasat-1a telecommunication satellite will amount to approximately $10 million, Azerkosmos JSC told Trend.
As JSC reported, currently over 50 per cent of the satellite's resources were sold by the satellite operator.
Over 50 TV channels are broadcasted via the satellite, of which eight are local (AzTV, ITV, CBC, Xəzər TV, ANS TV, Mədəniyyət TV, Idman Azərbaycan and Azad Azərbaycan TV).
The TV channels currently implement both standard and live broadcast via Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite. Alongside TV channels, radio is also broadcast.
The satellite resources are also focused on rendering VSAT services and the creation of a secure data network of geographically remote offices of international companies.
Azerspace/Africasat-1a satellite is placed in the orbital position of 46 degrees east longitude.
To view television content custom satellite dishes must be configured as follows: Frequency - 11169 MHz, speed: 20400, polarization - horizontal and FEC - 5/6.