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facility.

Spacecraft

ABS-2 is built on

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and equipped with up to 32 C-band, 51

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and 6

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. Total mass at lift off was , with the size of and span when in orbit. On 17 June 2009, ABS announced that ABS-2 will be built by

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, with a launch initially planned for 2012. Due to financial delays, the contract did not get signed until 14 October 2010, delaying the launch to 2013.

Launch

The satellite was scheduled to launch on 23 January 2014, however the need to change an unspecified equipment in the launcher delayed it further. Eventually

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in the lower slot and ABS-2 in upper.

References

External links

Channel list of ABS2 Free Dish on Lyngsat website
{{Orbital launches in 2014 Satellite television Mass media companies of India