With technical features and coverage beams tailored to the requirements of the dynamic regions it serves, NSS-12 is poised to provide world class communications services to an area that is home to two-thirds of the earth’s population.

NSS-12 will be available for commercial service in 2009, replacing NSS-703 at 57º East, and bringing increased capacity and transmission power to a key location at the crossroads of Europe and Middle East, Africa, Asia and Australia.

NSS-12’s combined Ku- and C-band footprint will cover virtually the entire Eastern Hemisphere, from Europe and Africa in the West, to the eastern half of Australia to the East.

• Satellite Data
  Technical characteristics and vital statistics for NSS-12
• Coverage Maps
  Color, printable maps of NSS-12 coverage areas
• Sales Contacts
  Regional sales contacts for NSS-12

Features on board:

DTH power: NSS-12’s four Ku-band beams feature EIRP levels typically equaling 50 dBW and above at beam center, giving the satellite ample ability to deliver DTH television, and two-way broadband and VSAT network services.

Beam inter-connectivity and C- and Ku-band cross-strapping: NSS-12 will be capable of cross connecting any two beams on its payload, including cross-strapped C- and Ku-band capacity.

Linearized transponders: NSS-12’s highly robust transmission power is supplemented by the use of linearized transponders, which improves throughput to close to saturation.

NSA-approved command-encryption: The satellite’s adherence to the U.S. National Security Agency’s strict command-encryption standards gives it the ability to support even the most sensitive of government and military missions.