T-minus four months for Orion; satellite carrier prepares for launch into trans-Atlantic SNG business. (Orion Atlantic to offer 34 transponders of Ku-band capacity)

Broadcasting & Cable, July, 1994 by McConnell, Chris

Satellite carrier prepares for launch into trans-Atlantic SNG business The sign behind the receptionist's desk ticks off the days until launch. Last week it read 119, leaving the current crew of trans-Atlantic satellite carriers with about four months before they will have to contend with another 34 transponders of Ku-band capacity.

Once its satellite is launched on a Martin Marietta Atlas 2A rocket in October, Orion Atlantic will aim its six 36 mhz and twenty-eight 54 mhz transponders toward a small collection of "high-growth markets" that include video, SNG and multimedia distribution. The plan, as Orion executives Neil Bauer and Steven Salamoff describe it, is to ride the wave of digitally compressed video and data with a satellite they say...

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