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ABS-3A
Mission type	Communications
Operator	ABS
COSPAR ID	2015-010A
SATCAT no.	40424
Mission duration	15 years (planned)
Spacecraft properties
Bus	Boeing 702SP
Manufacturer	Boeing
Launch mass	4,354 pounds (1,975 kg)
Dry mass	3,759 pounds (1,705 kg)
Power	>10.9kW at 15 years
Start of mission
Launch date	March 2, 2015, 03:50 UTC
Rocket	Falcon 9 v1.1
Launch site	Cape Canaveral SLC-40
Contractor	SpaceX
Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric
Regime	Geostationary
Longitude	3° West
Transponders
Band	24 Ku band, 24 C band
Frequency	13.750-14.750 / 10.700-11.200, 11.450-11.700, 12.500-12.750 (Ku band), 5.850-6.425/3.625-4.200 (C band)
Bandwidth	72 MHz (Ku band, C band)
TWTA power	150 watts (Ku band),70 watts (C band)

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ABS-3A is a communications satellite operated by ABS (formerly known as Asia Broadcast Satellite), providing coverage in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.^[2] It is positioned in geostationary orbit at 3° West, and offers C and Ku-band payload capacity to support video, data, mobility and government applications. The satellite is the first commercial communications satellite in orbit to use electric propulsion, providing a significant weight savings.^[3]

Manufacture and specifications

The satellite was designed and manufactured by Boeing, and is a Boeing 702SP model communication satellite.^[4] It will be located at 3 degrees West longitude.^[2] It was launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on 2 March 2015 (UTC time).

The satellite is propelled solely by electrically powered spacecraft propulsion, with the on-board thrusters used for both geostationary orbit insertion and station keeping.

The satellite is based on the Boeing 702 satellite bus, and was launched along with Eutelsat 115 West B, which is based on the same bus. The satellite had a launch mass of 4,354 pounds (1,975 kg).^[5]

The satellite utilizes three C-band beams and four Ku-band beams. The C-band beams cover the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, the C-band can be used globally. The Ku-band beams extend across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Africa, as well as providing further coverage of the Americas.^[2]

Launch

The launch occurred on March 2, 2015 at 03:50 UTC and the satellite has been deployed in the planned supersynchronous transfer orbit.^[6]^[7]

The launch is also notable for being the first flight of Boeing's stacked satellite configuration for the Boeing 702SP,^[8] a configuration Boeing designed specifically to take advantage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 capabilities.^[4]

On-orbit operations

The satellite became fully operational as a geosynchronous communications satellite by 10 September 2015 after a handover from Boeing to ABS for on-orbit operations on 31 August 2015, approximately one month earlier than planned.^[9]

References

^ ^a ^b "ABS 3A Satellite details 2015-010A NORAD 40424". N2YO. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Satellite Fleet ABS-3A". Asia Broadcast Satellite. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ Clark, Stephen (1 March 2015). "Boeing's first two all-electric satellites ready for launch". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2 March 2015.
^ ^a ^b Svitak, Amy (10 March 2014). "SpaceX Says Falcon 9 To Compete For EELV This Year". Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-02-28. But the Falcon 9 is not just changing the way launch-vehicle providers do business; its reach has gone further, prompting satellite makers and commercial fleet operators to retool business plans in response to the low-cost rocket. In March 2012, Boeing announced the start of a new line of all-electric telecommunications spacecraft, the 702SP, which are designed to launch in pairs on a Falcon 9 v1.1. Anchor customers Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) of Hong Kong and Mexico's SatMex plan to loft the first two of four such spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in December in a launch window that opens this year, though SatMex owner Eutelsat said last month that the launch has moved to early 2015. Using electric rather than chemical propulsion will mean the satellites take months, rather than weeks, to reach their final orbital destination. But because all-electric spacecraft are about 40% lighter than their conventional counterparts, the cost to launch them is considerably less than that for a chemically propelled satellite.
^ Bergin, Chris (25 February 2015). "Legless Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Sunday launch". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 27 February 2015.
^ "EUTELSAT 115 West B launched successfully into space". Eutelsat. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ Graham, William (1 March 2015). "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches debut dual satellite mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
^ Climer, John. "Boeing: Stacked Satellites Tested for the Rigors of Space". Boeing. Retrieved 26 February 2015.
^ Boeing: World’s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations, Boeing press release, 10 September 2015, accessed 2015-10-31.

External links

ABS/Eutelsat-1 Launch, Fact Sheet, SpaceX, 26 February 2015. (pdf)
ABS 3A coverage maps as files.
ABS 3A coverage maps on Google Maps.
ABS 3A online tracking.

[n2yo-1] "ABS 3A Satellite details 2015-010A NORAD 40424". N2YO. 19 March 2015. Retrieved 19 March 2015.

[abs3a-2] "Satellite Fleet ABS-3A". Asia Broadcast Satellite. Archived from the original on 6 February 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[3] Clark, Stephen (1 March 2015). "Boeing's first two all-electric satellites ready for launch". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 2 March 2015.

[aw20140310-4] Svitak, Amy (10 March 2014). "SpaceX Says Falcon 9 To Compete For EELV This Year". Aviation Week. Archived from the original on 2014-03-10. Retrieved 2015-02-28. But the Falcon 9 is not just changing the way launch-vehicle providers do business; its reach has gone further, prompting satellite makers and commercial fleet operators to retool business plans in response to the low-cost rocket. In March 2012, Boeing announced the start of a new line of all-electric telecommunications spacecraft, the 702SP, which are designed to launch in pairs on a Falcon 9 v1.1. Anchor customers Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) of Hong Kong and Mexico's SatMex plan to loft the first two of four such spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in December in a launch window that opens this year, though SatMex owner Eutelsat said last month that the launch has moved to early 2015. Using electric rather than chemical propulsion will mean the satellites take months, rather than weeks, to reach their final orbital destination. But because all-electric spacecraft are about 40% lighter than their conventional counterparts, the cost to launch them is considerably less than that for a chemically propelled satellite.

[5] Bergin, Chris (25 February 2015). "Legless Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Sunday launch". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 27 February 2015.

[6] "EUTELSAT 115 West B launched successfully into space". Eutelsat. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 4 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[7] Graham, William (1 March 2015). "SpaceX Falcon 9 launches debut dual satellite mission". NASASpaceFlight. Retrieved 3 March 2015.

[8] Climer, John. "Boeing: Stacked Satellites Tested for the Rigors of Space". Boeing. Retrieved 26 February 2015.

[boeing20150910-9] Boeing: World’s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations, Boeing press release, 10 September 2015, accessed 2015-10-31.

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+'''ABS-3A''' is a [[communications satellite]] operated by [[ABS (satellite operator)|ABS]] (formerly known as [[Asia Broadcast Satellite]]), providing coverage in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.<ref name=abs3a>{{cite web|title=Satellite Fleet ABS-3A|url=http://www.absatellite.net/satellite-fleet/?sat=abs3a|website=Asia Broadcast Satellite|access-date=27 February 2015|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206150825/http://www.absatellite.net/satellite-fleet/?sat=abs3a|url-status=dead}}</ref> It is positioned in geostationary orbit at 3° West, and offers C and Ku-band payload capacity to support video, data, mobility and government applications. The satellite is the first commercial communications satellite in orbit to use electric propulsion, providing a significant weight savings.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Clark|first1=Stephen|title=Boeing's first two all-electric satellites ready for launch|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/2015/03/01/boeings-first-two-all-electric-satellites-ready-for-launch/|publisher=Spaceflight Now|date=1 March 2015|access-date=2 March 2015}}</ref>
+== Manufacture and specifications ==
-'''ABS-3A''' is a [[communications satellite]] that is scheduled to be operated by [[Asia Broadcast Satellite]], providing coverage in the Americas, the Middle East, and Africa, as well as globally for TV distribution, cellular services, and maritime services.<ref>{{cite web|title=Satellite Fleet ABS-3A|url=http://www.absatellite.net/satellite-fleet/?sat=abs3a|website=Asia Broadcast Satellite|accessdate=27 February 2015}}</ref>
-The satellite was designed and manufactured by [[Boeing]], and is a [[Boeing 702SP]] model communication satellite.<ref name=aw20140310/>
-It will be located by Eutelsat at 3 degrees West [[longitude]].{{cn}} It is scheduled to be launched on board a [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9 v1.1|Falcon 9]] rocket in early March 2015.
+The satellite was designed and manufactured by [[Boeing]], and is a [[Boeing 702SP]] model communication satellite.<ref name=aw20140310/> It will be located at 3 degrees West [[longitude]].<ref name=abs3a/> It was launched on board a [[SpaceX]] [[Falcon 9 v1.1|Falcon 9]] rocket on 2 March 2015 (UTC time).
-The satellite is solely propelled by [[electrically powered spacecraft propulsion]], with the on board thrusters used for both geostationary orbit insertion and station keeping.
+The satellite is propelled solely by [[electrically powered spacecraft propulsion]], with the on-board thrusters used for both [[geostationary orbit]] insertion and [[Orbital station-keeping|station keeping]].
-The satellite is based on the [[Boeing 702]] [[satellite bus]], and is due to be launched with  along with [[Eutelsat 115 West B]], which is based on the same bus. The satellite has a launch mass of {{convert|4307|lbs|kg}}.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bergin|first1=Chris|title=Legless Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Sunday launch|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/legless-falcon-9-static-fire-ahead-launch/|website=NASASpaceFlight|accessdate=27 February 2015|date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
+The satellite is based on the [[Boeing 702]] [[satellite bus]], and was launched along with [[Eutelsat 115 West B]], which is based on the same bus. The satellite had a launch mass of {{convert|4354|lbs|kg}}.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Bergin|first1=Chris|title=Legless Falcon 9 conducts Static Fire test ahead of Sunday launch|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/02/legless-falcon-9-static-fire-ahead-launch/|website=NASASpaceFlight|access-date=27 February 2015|date=25 February 2015}}</ref>
-The satellite will utilize three [[C-band]] beams  and four [[Ku-band]] beams. The C-band beams will cover Americas, Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, the C-band can be used globally. The Ku-band beams will cover Europe, MENA, South Africa, as well as providing further coverage of America.{{cn}}
+The satellite utilizes three [[C band (IEEE)|C-band]] beams and four [[Ku-band]] beams. The C-band beams cover the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Additionally, the C-band can be used globally. The Ku-band beams extend across Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, and South Africa, as well as providing further coverage of the Americas.<ref name=abs3a/>
-The launch is also notable for being the first flight of Boeing's stacked satellite configuration for the Boeing 702SP,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Climer|first1=John|title=Boeing: Stacked Satellites Tested for the Rigors of Space|url=http://www.boeing.com/boeing/Features/2015/01/bds_702sp_01_26_15.page|website=Boeing|accessdate=26 February 2015}}</ref>
-a configuration Boeing designed specifically to take advantage of the SpaceX Falcon 9 v1.1 capabilities.<ref name=aw20140310>
-{{cite news |last=Svitak|first=Amy |title=SpaceX Says Falcon 9 To Compete For EELV This Year |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_03_10_2014_p48-668592.xml |accessdate=2015-02-28 |newspaper=Aviation Week |date=10 March 2014 |quote=''But the Falcon 9 is not just changing the way launch-vehicle providers do business; its reach has gone further, prompting satellite makers and commercial fleet operators to retool business plans in response to the low-cost rocket. In March 2012, Boeing announced the start of a new line of all-electric telecommunications spacecraft, the 702SP, which are designed to launch in pairs on a Falcon 9 v1.1. Anchor customers Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) of Hong Kong and Mexico's SatMex plan to loft the first two of four such spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in December in a launch window that opens this year, though SatMex owner Eutelsat said last month that the launch has moved to early 2015.  Using electric rather than chemical propulsion will mean the satellites take months, rather than weeks, to reach their final orbital destination. But because all-electric spacecraft are about 40% lighter than their conventional counterparts, the cost to launch them is considerably less than that for a chemically propelled satellite.''}}</ref>
 == Launch ==
+[[File:Launch of Falcon 9 carrying ABS-EUTELSAT (16510241270).jpg|thumb|left|The launch of the Falcon 9 rocket carrying ABS-3A.]]
+The launch occurred on March 2, 2015 at 03:50 UTC and the satellite has been deployed in the planned [[supersynchronous orbit|supersynchronous]] transfer orbit.<ref>{{cite web|title=EUTELSAT 115 West B launched successfully into space|url=http://news.eutelsat.com/pressreleases/eutelsat-115-west-b-launched-successfully-into-space-1123649|publisher=[[Eutelsat]]|date=2 March 2015|access-date=3 March 2015|archive-date=4 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150304152859/http://news.eutelsat.com/pressreleases/eutelsat-115-west-b-launched-successfully-into-space-1123649|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Graham|first1=William|title=SpaceX Falcon 9 launches debut dual satellite mission|url=http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/03/spacex-falcon-9-debut-dual-satellite-mission/|website=NASASpaceFlight|access-date=3 March 2015|date=1 March 2015}}</ref>
-The launch is currently scheduled on March 2, 2015 between 03:50 and 04:32 UTC.<ref>{{cite web|title=Launch Schedule|url=http://spaceflightnow.com/launch-schedule/|website=SpaceFlight Now|accessdate=26 February 2015|date=23 February 2015}}</ref>
+The launch is also notable for being the first flight of Boeing's stacked satellite configuration for the Boeing 702SP,<ref>{{cite web|last1=Climer|first1=John|title=Boeing: Stacked Satellites Tested for the Rigors of Space|url=http://www.boeing.com/boeing/Features/2015/01/bds_702sp_01_26_15.page|website=Boeing|access-date=26 February 2015}}</ref>
+a configuration Boeing designed specifically to take advantage of the SpaceX [[Falcon 9 v1.1]] capabilities.<ref name=aw20140310>{{cite news |last=Svitak |first=Amy |title=SpaceX Says Falcon 9 To Compete For EELV This Year |url=http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_03_10_2014_p48-668592.xml |access-date=2015-02-28 |newspaper=Aviation Week |date=10 March 2014 |quote=''But the Falcon 9 is not just changing the way launch-vehicle providers do business; its reach has gone further, prompting satellite makers and commercial fleet operators to retool business plans in response to the low-cost rocket. In March 2012, Boeing announced the start of a new line of all-electric telecommunications spacecraft, the 702SP, which are designed to launch in pairs on a Falcon 9 v1.1. Anchor customers Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) of Hong Kong and Mexico's SatMex plan to loft the first two of four such spacecraft on a Falcon 9 in December in a launch window that opens this year, though SatMex owner Eutelsat said last month that the launch has moved to early 2015.  Using electric rather than chemical propulsion will mean the satellites take months, rather than weeks, to reach their final orbital destination. But because all-electric spacecraft are about 40% lighter than their conventional counterparts, the cost to launch them is considerably less than that for a chemically propelled satellite.'' |archive-date=2014-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140310123118/http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=%2Farticle-xml%2FAW_03_10_2014_p48-668592.xml |url-status=dead }}</ref>
+==On-orbit operations==
+The satellite became fully operational as a [[geosynchronous]] [[commsat|communications satellite]] by 10 September 2015 after a handover from Boeing to ABS for on-orbit operations on 31 August 2015, approximately one month earlier than planned.<ref name=boeing20150910>
+[http://boeing.mediaroom.com/2015-09-10-Boeing-World-s-First-All-Electric-Propulsion-Satellite-Begins-Operations Boeing: World’s First All-Electric Propulsion Satellite Begins Operations], Boeing press release, 10 September 2015, accessed 2015-10-31.</ref>
+==See also==
+{{Portal|Spaceflight}}
+* [[List of Falcon 9 launches]]
 == References ==
-{{reflist}}
+{{Reflist}}
 == External links ==
+{{commons category|Falcon 9 Flight 16}}
-* [http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/abs-eutelsatfactsheet.pdf ABS/Eutelsat-1 Launch]], Fact Sheet, SpaceX, 26 February 2015. (pdf)
+* [https://web.archive.org/web/20150319040107/http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/abs-eutelsatfactsheet.pdf ABS/Eutelsat-1 Launch], Fact Sheet, SpaceX, 26 February 2015. (pdf)
+* [http://satellitecoverage.net/abs-3a-coverage-maps-footprints-files/ ABS 3A coverage maps] as files.
-[[Category:Communications satellites]]
+* [http://satellitecoverage.net/footprints/?sat=309 ABS 3A coverage maps] on Google Maps.
-{{cat improve|date=February 2015}}
+* [http://satellitecoverage.net/satellite-tracking/?satellite=40424 ABS 3A online tracking].
+{{Falcon rocket launches}}
+{{Orbital launches in 2015}}
+[[Category:Satellites using the BSS-702 bus]]
-{{communications-satellite-stub}}
+[[Category:Communications satellites in geostationary orbit]]
+[[Category:Satellite television]]
+[[Category:SpaceX commercial payloads]]
+[[Category:Spacecraft launched in 2015]]

v t e ← 2014 Orbital launches in 2015 2016 →
January	SpaceX CRS-5 (Flock-1d' × 2, AESP-14) MUOS-3 SMAP, ExoCube
February	IGS-Radar Spare Inmarsat 5-F2 Fajr DSCOVR Progress M-26M Kosmos 2503 / Bars-M No. 1
March	ABS-3A, Eutelsat 115 West B WADIS-2 MMS Ekspress AM7 USA-260 / GPS IIF -9 KOMPSat-3A IGS-Optical 5 Soyuz TMA-16M Galileo FOC-3, FOC-4 IRNSS-1D BeiDou I1-S Gonets-M 11, 12, 13, Kosmos 2504
April	SpaceX CRS-6 (Arkyd-3R, Flock-1e × 14) Thor 7, SICRAL-2 TürkmenÄlem 52°E / MonacoSAT Progress M-27M
May	Mexsat-1 USA-261 / X-37 OTV-4, LightSail-1, USS Langley, BRICSat-P, ParkinsonSat, GEARRS-2, AeroCube 8A, 8B, OptiCube 1, 2, 3 DirecTV-15, SKY México-1
June	Kosmos 2505 / Kobalt-M №10 Sentinel-2A Kosmos 2506 / Persona №3 Gaofen 8 SpaceX CRS-7† (Flock-1f × 8†)
July	Progress M-28M UK-DMC 3 × 3, CBNT-1, DeOrbitSail USA-262 / GPS IIF -10 Star One C4, MSG-4 Soyuz TMA-17M USA-263 / WGS-7 BeiDou M1-S, M2-S
August	HTV-5 / Kounotori 5 (Flock-2b × 14) Eutelsat 8 West B, Intelsat 34 Yaogan 27 GSAT-6 / INSAT-4E Inmarsat 5-F3
September	Soyuz TMA-18M MUOS-4 Galileo FOC-5, Galileo FOC-6 TJS-1 Gaofen 9 Ekspress AM8 Kosmos 2507 / Strela-3M 13, Kosmos 2508 / Strela-3M 14, Kosmos 2509 / Strela-3M 15 Pujiang-1 Astrosat, LAPAN-A2, Lemur-2 × 4 BeiDou I2-S NBN-Co 1A, ARSAT-2
October	Progress M-29M Mexsat-2 Jilin-1 Smart Verification Satellite, Jilin-1 Optical-A, Jilin-1 Video-01, Jilin-1 Video-02 USA-264 / NOSS Intruder × 2, AMSAT Fox-1 APStar-9 Türksat 4B USA-265 / GPS IIF -11
November	Chinasat 2C HiakaSat, EDSN × 8, PrintSat, Argus, STACEM, Supernova-Beta Yaogan 28 Arabsat 6B, GSAT-15 Kosmos 2510 / EKS-1 / Tundra-11L LaoSat-1 Telstar 12V Yaogan 29
December	LISA Pathfinder Kosmos 2511 / Kanopus-ST†, Kosmos 2512 / KYuA-1 Cygnus CRS OA-4 (Flock-2e × 12, MinXSS 1, Nodes × 2) ChinaSat 1C Elektro-L No.2 Kosmos 2513 / Garpun-12L Soyuz TMA-19M TeLEOS-1 DAMPE Galileo FOC-8, Galileo FOC-9 Progress MS-01 Orbcomm-OG2 × 11 Ekspress-AMU1 Gaofen 4
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).