Satmex-7 will be launched soon this year...

[N5XZS]

I just found out we are getting more new satelittes on both C and KU band!!

Here's the link....

http://www.absatellite.net/wp-conte...or-Latin-American-Service-FINAL-13Mar2012.pdf

Satmex-8 will launch somtime in 2014 to 15.

Have fun reading!

 

[WTguy]

Satmex 7 will launch in late 2014 or 2015, it has not even been built by Boeing yet. Satmex 8 is scheduled to launch later this year. The numbers are out of whack because of the way companies begin project and something gets shelved for a while.

Bottom line is there will be a new satellite later this year.

 

[turbosat]

Got more than I can watch now, haha!

 

[pro96]

Maybe that "new" receiver can blind scan a 1000 channels on Satmex 7 like it did on the current SatMex birds

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[stargaze]

Satellite Name: Satmex 8
Status: planned
Position: 117° W (116.8° W)
Norad:
Cospar number:
Operator: Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex; Loral Global Alliance)
Launch date: 30-Sep-2012 (Estimated)
Launch site: Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle: Proton M
Launch mass (kg): 5600
Dry mass (kg):
Manufacturer: Space Systems Loral (SSL)
Model (bus): LS-1300
Orbit: GEO
Expected lifetime: 15 yrs.
Call sign:
Beacon(s):
Details:
24 C-band and 40 Ku-band transponders to provide Fixed Satellite Services to serve the continental United States to Argentina as well as the Caribbean, all of Latin America and the major cities of Brazil (will replace Satmex 5)

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The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] has been awarded a contract to build 4 satellites for Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) with options to build 4 additional satellites. The first two satellites - ABS-3A and Satmex 7, are scheduled to be delivered together in late 2014 or early 2015. Details about the other two satellites, including names and launch plans, will be announced at a later date.
Satellite Name: Satmex 7
Status: planned
Position: 115° W (114.9° W)
Norad:
Cospar number:
Operator: Satellites Mexicanos S.A. de C.V. (SatMex; Loral Global Alliance)
Launch date: 30-Dec-2014 (Estimated)
Launch site: TBD
Launch vehicle: TBD
Launch mass (kg):
Dry mass (kg):
Manufacturer: Boeing (Hughes)
Model (bus): BSS-702SP
Orbit: GEO
Expected lifetime: 15 yrs.
Call sign:
Beacon(s):
Details:
C and Ku-band transponders to provide Fixed Satellite Services (FSS) in the Americas.