Hellas-Sat
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Hellas-Sat Consortium Limited (Hellas-Sat) is the owner and a wholesaler of capacity and services of the Greek/Cypriot "Hellas-Sat-2" satellite
, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May, 2003 to the 39° E
orbital position in the Geostationary Satellite Orbit
.
Hellas-Sat has developed a network of strategically located teleport partners with DVB platforms, carrying over 100 television channel
s, and IP
-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe
, and two steerable beams over the Middle East
and South Africa
. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions
as well as occasional video
feeds and Internet access
services.
services as well as encryption
, subtitling, etc. STN was also behind the transmission of Euro1080
-HD1 on Hellas-Sat-2, Europe’s first HDTV channel.
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
, an Astrium Eurostar E2000+, which was launched successfully on 13 May, 2003 to the 39° E
39th meridian east
The meridian 39° east of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Indian Ocean, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole....
orbital position in the Geostationary Satellite Orbit
Geostationary orbit
A geostationary orbit is a geosynchronous orbit directly above the Earth's equator , with a period equal to the Earth's rotational period and an orbital eccentricity of approximately zero. An object in a geostationary orbit appears motionless, at a fixed position in the sky, to ground observers...
.
Hellas-Sat has developed a network of strategically located teleport partners with DVB platforms, carrying over 100 television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
s, and IP
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
-based services through its two fixed beams over Europe
Europe
Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
, and two steerable beams over the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
and South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
. It offers high-power, direct-to-home transmissions
Transmission (telecommunications)
Transmission, in telecommunications, is the process of sending, propagating and receiving an analogue or digital information signal over a physical point-to-point or point-to-multipoint transmission medium, either wired, optical fiber or wireless...
as well as occasional video
Video
Video is the technology of electronically capturing, recording, processing, storing, transmitting, and reconstructing a sequence of still images representing scenes in motion.- History :...
feeds and Internet access
Internet access
Many technologies and service plans for Internet access allow customers to connect to the Internet.Consumer use first became popular through dial-up connections in the 20th century....
services.
Satellite
Hellas-Sat 2 is an ASTRIUM Eurostar 2000+ platform spacecraft at Orbital Position 39° East. It was launched on 13th May 2003, and has an expected lifetime of 15 years. It has 30+8 (redundant) Ku-band 36 MHz transpondersLaunch Consultants
RPC Telecom acted as the ITU filing and frequency coordination consultant, while Petrosat WLL was the launch consultant.Audiovisual (television and radio) services
One of Hellas-Sat's strategic partners is STN Satellite Telecommunications Network, which offers comprehensive television and/or radio channel distribution services. STN offers SDTV and/or HDTV play-out services, SDTV and/or HDTV turnaroundTurnaround
Turnaround may refer to:* Turnaround , a type of traffic junction* Turnaround, in aviation maintenance, the process of or time needed for loading, unloading, and servicing an aircraft...
services as well as encryption
Encryption
In cryptography, encryption is the process of transforming information using an algorithm to make it unreadable to anyone except those possessing special knowledge, usually referred to as a key. The result of the process is encrypted information...
, subtitling, etc. STN was also behind the transmission of Euro1080
Euro1080
Euro1080 was the first commercial broadcaster in Europe to air full-time HDTV content. It was founded by Gabriel Fehervari in 2004 and is owned by Alfacam....
-HD1 on Hellas-Sat-2, Europe’s first HDTV channel.