Satellite Information
Bus Type	Lockheed Martin A2100 AX
Orbital Location	75° East
Stabilization	3 Axis
Station Keeping Accuracy	± 0.05 E-W and N-S
Life Time	Greater than 15 years
Full Eclipse Protection	Yes
Launch Date	September 27, 1999
Start of Service	October, 1999
Spacecraft Control Centre	A2100 Satellite Operation Centre, Newtown, Pennsylvania
Monitoring in Coverage Area	Dubna, Russia and Shipka, Bulgaria

Transponder Information
Parameters	C-Band	Ku-Band
Numbers of Transponders	28	16
Transponders Bandwidth	36MHz	27MHz
Uplink / Download Operating Frequency	5725-6025 / 3700-4000MHz 6425-6725 / 3400-3700MHz	13750-14000 / 12500-12750MHz
Uplink / Downlink Signal Polarization	Linear / Horizontal and Vertical
Cross-Polar Discrimation	30dB
EIRP Inside Service Area (edge and peak value)	31 to 39 dBW (A Beam) 34 to 39 dBW (B Beam)	34 to 49.5 dBW (Northern Beam) 41 to 52 dBW (Southern Beam)
TWTA Size	45 Watts	90 Watts (Northern Beam) 90 and 135 Watts (Southern Beam)
TWTA Redundancy	2 group of 16 for 14	2 group of 11 for 8
Receiver Redundancy	4 for 2