Belintersat Presentation (eng)

NATIONAL SYSTEM

OF SATELLITE COMMUNICATION AND BROADCAST

OF THE REPUBLIC OF BELARUS

GETTING YOU FORWARD

National System of Satellite Communication and Broadcast of the Republic of Belarus

Milestones: Contract signing - August 2012; Project was launched in January 2013; Start of the satellite manufacturing - July 2013; Start of the Ground Control Station / Teleport construction – October 2013; Beginning of the GCS team training - November 2014.

Main goals: Deployment and operation of the satellite network, in addition to the existing

communication networks in Belarus, implementation of advanced communication technologies for communication needs of governmental and private Belarusian companies;

Offering DTH Broadcasting, distribution and VSAT connectivity services to customers in all our service areas.

The Belintersat Project

BELINTERSAT Property

Signing of the Contract on the creation of the National System of Satellite Communication and Broadcast of the Republic of Belarus


The Belintersat Project



Explicated Aims and Goals of the Belintersat Project


The present program defines the following tasks of the National System of Satellite Communication and Broadcast:

- higher informational security of the Republic of Belarus and its wider presence in other regions;- broadband communications provision to state authorities, diplomatic and trade representative offices of the Republic of Belarus, and other users; - supplementation, backup and integration of the existing communication networks; - meeting the socio-economic demand of the population for telephone services, Internet, digital TV on the whole territory of the Republic of Belarus, irrespective of the distance; - better export potential of telecommunication services due to the satellite capacity lease by foreign users;- stronger position of the Republic of Belarus in the world information community;- higher efficiency of other state programs and their significant accelerated development.


Staff Structure of the Project


For the purposes of creating the National System of Satellite Communication and Broadcast of the Republic of Belarus the Belintersat Project has created a unit consisting of:

- Commercial Administration; - Technical Administration; - Ground Control Station.

Human Resources:

- Candidates of Sciences (Physics and Mathematics); - engineer-programmers;- power engineers;- building engineers;- lawyers;- economists;- marketing specialists.


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General Information about the BELINTERSAT-1 Satellite

Characteristics Description

Satellite name BELINTERSAT-1

Orbital position 51.5° E

Tolerance ± 0.05°

Launch date and place4Q2015 - 1Q2016, Xichang Space Launch Center

(PRC)

PayloadC-band: 20 x 36 MHz, CL/CRKu-band: 14 x 36 MHz, 4 x 54 MHz, V/H

Service areas Europe, Africa, Asia, Eastern Hemisphere

Platform / Contractor DFH-4 / China “Great Wall” Industry Corporation

Ground control station / Teleport Minsk Region, Belarus

Power 10 150 W

Service lifetime 15 years



Payload of BELINTERSAT-1

Beams Transponders Band Bandwidth Polarization

African beam up to 16 C- 36 MHz CL/CR

Eastern beam up to 12 C- 36 MHz CL/CR

Global beam up to 4 C- 36 MHz CL/CR

African beam 12* Ku- 36 MHz V/H

European beam 2+4 Ku- 36+54 MHz V/H

* “Cross-strapping” option between European and African beams (for 4 transponders)



Ku-band. African beamKu-band. African Beam


Ku-band. European Beam


C-band. Eastern BeamC-band. Eastern BeamC-band. African Beam



C-band. Global Beam



Orbital Position and ITU Filings


Sat. networks Orb. Adm. Date of protection

Bands ITU Status

CHINASAT-51.5E 51.5 CHN 31.10.2005 C- PART II-S (MIFR), BiU

CHINASAT-ROUTE1 51.5 CHN 26.08.2007 C-, Ku- PART II-S (MIFR), BiU

CHINASAT-CL2 51.5 CHN 02.02.2011 C-, X-, Ku-, Ka- CR/C

BLR-FSS-51.5E 51.5 BLR 24.11.2010 C-, Ku- (FSS Plan)

AP30B/A6A

BLR-FSS2-51.5E 51.5 BLR 24.11.2014 C-, Ku- (FSS Plan) AP30B/A6AAll the necessary work for getting access to the orbital slot in accordance with the ITU Radio Regulations is underway.

49 50 51 52 53 54

YAMAL 202

YAHSAT-1A

EXPRESS-AM22

YAMAL 601 TURKSAT 4BBELINTERSAT-1

EXPRESS-AM6

49.5 50.5 51.5 52.5 53.5

NSS-5

MONACOSAT-1

5554.5

YAMAL 402

Current

Planned


The Approved Implementation Plan of the Satellite Ground Application System


№ Name of action Realization terms Date

1

Signing of the annex to the contract and

additional agreement on the satellite Ground Application System

Time of signing of annexes to the contract

(T0) 04.08.2014

2Antenna systems and

radio-frequency equipment

critical design review (CDR)

T0 + 2.5 months from 27.10.2014 to 31.10.2014

3

Submission of documents for the TV

broadcasting and VSAT basic equipment critical

design review (CDR)

T0 + 3.5 months 15.11.2014


The Approved Implementation Plan of the Satellite Ground Application System


№ Name of action Realization terms Date

4TV broadcasting and

VSAT basic equipment critical design review

(CDR)

T0 + 4.5 months 15.12.2014

5Production acceptance

tests (China) T0 + 13 months 01.09.2015

6Preliminary acceptance

of the system in the territory of the customer

T0 + 18 months 30.01.2016

7Final acceptance of the system in the territory

of the customerT0 + 20 months 30.03.2016


The Belintersat Inaugural Telecom Satellite Mission and Prospects


The Belintersat Project sales team




Belintersat, the new national satellite operator of the Republic of Belarus, is less than a year away from the launch of its first spacecraft. Established by the government for the purpose of creating a modern satellite communications and broadcasting infrastructure throughout the country, the organization is readying for the day its inaugural satellite, Belintersat-1, goes live at 51.5 degrees east.

China Great Wall Industry Corporation began manufacturing Belintersat-1 in 2012, with the Export-Import Bank of China securing a preferential credit line for the project. The satellite is scheduled to launch during the fourth quarter of 2015 or the first quarter of 2016 from China’s Xichang Satellite Launch Center. After a three-month period of in-orbit testing, Belintersat-1 will begin providing telecommunications services in C- and Ku-band.

The satellite is designed for a 15-year lifespan with 20 C-band transponders and 18 Ku-band transponders, of which four of the Ku-band transponders are 54MHz instead of 36MHz. Now with the satellite nearly complete, Belintersat is preparing to provide telecommunications services for Belarus and international markets.




The strategy of the new project includes the creation and support of the local telecoms market of the Republic of Belarus based on new technologies that will enable our customers to reach a much higher level of communication opportunities throughout the territory of the Republic of Belarus. Further development of the project aims at the international market entry, followed by active commercialization of the satellite capacity, as well as TV content.

While the Republic of Belarus has invested heavily in Belintersat, it created the project to function as a commercial entity. The project gained direct state support because of the highly evident commercial applications and export potential it had. The company is protected by the state and provided with government guarantees.

Along with Chinese partners, Belintersat works closely with Russia’s Iskra Design Bureau, Gilat Satellite Networks of Israel, and iDirect based in the United States. Establishing mutually beneficial partnerships is a top priority, as the Belintersat Project has several international markets in mind. Belintersat-1 is designed to cover Europe, the Middle East, Africa and much of Asia. Some capacity is already pre-sold and other contracts are underway.




Today, two transponders for the market needs of the Republic of Belarus are reserved in the European beam (Ku-band). On the external market, eight transponders have been sold to Chinese companies: five transponders in the African beam (C-band), one in the Central African beam (Ku-band) and two in the global beam (C-band). As for the available satellite capacity further commercialization, it is worth taking into account current and future market needs, the pricing dynamics of the satellite resource allocation, the coordination process of satellite networks underway, etc.

Now we are negotiating on the resource commercialization with global operators and providers of satellite services, which have already expressed serious interest in acquiring the capacity on our satellite.

Belintersat is currently building the ground segment for the upcoming satellite communications system, which consists of a Ground Control Station (GCS) and a teleport. Construction on the main building is nearly complete, and the installation of four antennas — two 13-meter in C-band, one 9-meter in Ku-band, and another 11-meter in Ku-band — has begun. The start of GCS operations is slated for November 2015, with the teleport to follow in March 2016.




The main advantage of this project is the generation of profit in the course of the satellite capacity commercialization, as well as the introduction of modern high-tech solutions at the local level. With the launch of our own satellite all the citizens of Belarus will be technically equipped to use modern communication services anywhere in the country, not only in places with the corresponding ground-based infrastructure, such as cities, large population centers, etc.

Outside of Belarus, the most lucrative commercial opportunities for the satellite operator are in the Middle East, Africa and Asia regions. The Belintersat Project will seek to provide services such as Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) connectivity, Direct-to-Home (DTH) broadcasting, distribution, and IP-Trunking to customers based on their needs. Furthermore, after Belintersat-1, the organization hopes to build out a constellation of satellites, leveraging international partnerships to become a force in the global market.

Later on, in view of the planned development of the partnership and targeted expansion of investment options, there are plans for the construction and launch of the second communications satellite. The second satellite project involves close cooperation with foreign companies providing telecommunications services worldwide. Thus, the Belintersat Project is aimed at the prospect of a deployed satellite communications system.

BELINTERSAT

The Republic of Belarus220013, Minsk, Kulman, 2

Tel./Fax: +375 17 284 86 [email protected]

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!

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