hopes to use its role as prime contractor for Lybid to raise its profile beyond its traditional role as a component builder. Richmond, British Columbia-based MDA Corp. The agreement included Eutelsat’s commitment to moving its own aging satellites to 48 degrees east to permit Ukraine to retain its rights to the slot with the International Telecommunication Union, the United Nations affiliate that regulates orbital positions and broadcast frequencies.Įutelsat now has two satellites at the Ukrainian position, both nearing retirement and in inclined orbits to save fuel. of Canada under a $254 million financial package organized by Export Development Canada, will operate at Ukraine’s 48 degrees east orbital position thanks to a cooperation agreement with Eutelsat of Paris.įleet operator Eutelsat and Ukrainian government authorities settled their differences over Eutelsat’s use of the 36 degrees east position - which has become a high-growth orbital slot for Eutelsat - in 2012. The Lybid satellite, built by prime contractor MDA Corp. 7 during the Global Milsatcom conference organized by SMi Group. Tertytskyi outlined the Lybid project here Nov.

Pavlo Tertytskyi, the defense and air attaché at Ukraine’s British embassy, said the extent of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry’s use of the Lybid satellite will depend in part on where Ukrainian forces are deployed with coalition forces.

The Lybid satellite will carry 30 channels distributed equally over three beams covering Ukraine and parts of Europe, India and West Africa. LONDON - Ukraine’s civil-military telecommunications satellite, after multiple delays related to carving out a place for itself in a crowded orbital neighborhood, is scheduled for launch in April aboard a Russian-Ukrainian Zenit rocket, a Ukrainian Defense Ministry official said.

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