Turkmen first satellite to be launched by U.S.A

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   Thales
 Alenia Space to launch a satellite Turkmen Turkmensat / Monacosat in 
late 2014 or early 2015 with the help of rocket Falcon 9.
Space
 Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) - US-based manufacturer 
of space launch Falcon - was founded in June 2002, the creator of the 
well-known payment system PayPal Elon Musk. The company now employs more than 3,000 people in California, Texas, Washington and Florida.
"We
 appreciate the confidence of Thales in our ability to successfully 
deliver into orbit the first satellite of Turkmenistan" - said Gwynne 
Shotwell, President of SpaceX. "We
 are pleased to see that the market is expanding due to new consumers 
and SpaceX is looking forward estimates of missiles, as the most 
reliable and advanced to customers around the globe."

Satellite
 Turkmensat will still hang at the height of 35,786 kilometers from the 
Earth's surface over the territory of Turkmenistan.

Originally
 it was planned that the first Turkmen satellite will be delivered into 
orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center of Chinese missile "The 
Long March". However,
 this became impossible after the number of components was introduced in
 the U.S. in the list of banned to transfer to China.

Thales
 company had to find a replacement, and the final choice was made 
between the two candidates - ECA Ariane 5 and the SpaceX Falcon 9. The launch will be done SpaceH from the spaceport at Cape Canaveral.

The company offers the use of the Falcon 9 to deliver satellites into geostationary orbit at approximately $ 60 million. This price is quite low and competitive.

http://www.spacenews.com/article/launch-report/35820with-chinese-option-blocked-european-built-satellite-to-fly-atop-falcon-9#.Uc894PmGGSh

Technical details TURKMENSAT:

38 active Ku-band transponder (separated by more than 3 beam)
Life span: 16 years
Orbital position: 52 ° East

3 beams are designated as below:
East: ULR Single Offset LongFocal (SOLF) with Diam: 2,4 m
West: ULR Single Offset LongFocal (SOLF) with Diam: 2,2 m * 2,6 m
MENA (Midle East North Africa): CMR Single Offset LongFocal (SOLF) with Diam 2,4 m

Payload: Consumption 8 kW - Mass 352kg (including TCR).
Sputnik: Consumption 10 kW - Dry mass 1839 kg
Solar battery (EQX / EOL): Power 11,3 kW.
Battery: Energy 18,2 kWh.
Reliability:> 0,75 at 15 years.
Mass start: 4731 kg

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