Apstar 2R, also known as Telstar 10 and SinoSat 1C located at 76.5°E, is a

communications satellite A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a receiver at different locations on Earth. C ...

equipped with 27 C band and 24 K_u band

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s (36 MHz equivalents). The C band payload provides coverage of Asia, Australia, parts of Europe and Africa. The K_u band payload covers Korea and China, including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan. Telstar 10, which hosts one of the most extensive cable neighborhoods in Asia, distributes

cable television Cable television is a system of delivering television programming to consumers via radio frequency (RF) signals transmitted through coaxial cables, or in more recent systems, light pulses through fibre-optic cables. This contrasts with broa ...

programming, direct-to-home services,

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, as well as Internet and

VSAT A very-small-aperture terminal (VSAT) is a two-way satellite ground station with a dish antenna that is smaller than 3.8 meters. The majority of VSAT antennas range from 75 cm to 1.2 m. Bit rates, in most cases, range from 4 kbit/s up to 16 ...

(very small aperture terminal) services.

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List of Active Channel on Telstar 10
* Communications satellites in geostationary orbit Satellites using the SSL 1300 bus Communications satellites of China 1997 in China {{communications-satellite-stub

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