ABS-7 was a geostationary

communication 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 ...

operated by ABS (formerly known as

Asia Broadcast Satellite ABS, formerly Asia Broadcast Satellite, is a global satellite operator incorporated in Bermuda. Operating 5 communication satellites, the satellite fleet currently covers 93% of the world's population including the Americas, Africa, Asia Pacific ...

) which was designed and manufactured by Lockheed Martin on the A2100 platform. It featured 30 Ku-band and 3 Ka-band transponders to serve Afghanistan, the Middle East, and Pakistan operating from 116.1EL. In May 2010, the satellite was sold to ABS and renamed into ''ABS-7''. Its original name was

Koreasat Koreasat is a series of South Korean communications satellites operated by KT SAT, a subsidiary of KT Corporation KT Corporation (Hangul: 주식회사 케이티), formerly Korea Telecom, is a South Korean telecommunications company. KT is the ...

3. The satellite was de-orbited from the geostationary arc and retired on February 16, 2022.

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