OTTAWA - Telesat is slated to launch another satellite in April 2007, the highly-advanced Anik F3. Equipped with 32 Ku-band, 24 C-band, and 2 Ka-band transponders, Anik F3 was designed and built in France by EADS Astrium, with Canadian industry providing a significant part of the spacecraft equipment and technology. Anik F3 will have a launch mass of 4.6 tonnes, a solar array span of 35 metres once deployed in orbit, and spacecraft power of 10 kW at end of life. Anik F3, which will be placed in geostationary orbit, is based on the E3000 version of the highly successful...
