Es'hailSat is a

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-based

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operator. The company provides direct-to-home television with its satellite, and hopes to provide further television-related services in the future. The company launched the first-ever Qatar satellite – Es'hail 1 – in a collaboration with European satellite operator

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; Es'hailSat owned a majority stake in the satellite and launch.

Fleet

Es'hail 1

Es'hail 1, the first operational satellite in Es'hailSat's fleet, provides services for companies including

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and

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, who utilized the satellite's bandwidth for broadcasting HD TV. The satellite launched aboard Arianespace's

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rocket in late 2014 and serves at the 25.5 degree East longitude.

Es'hail 2

Besides Es'hail 1, the company has a second satellite, Es'hail 2, which launched aboard a

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rocket on November 15, 2018. Es'hail 2 was built by Japan's

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company, and operates at 26° East longitude along a

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to provide direct-to-home television services in the Middle East and North Africa region.

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* {{official, https://www.eshailsat.qa/ Communications satellite operators Telecommunications companies of Qatar Space program of Qatar Companies based in Doha