Mitsubishi Electric : Successfully Launches TURKSAT-4B Satellite
October 18, 2015 at 10:17 pm EDT
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TOKYO, October 19, 2015
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Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
announced today it successfully launched the TURKSAT-4B satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 5:40on October 17 (Japan time) and the satellite separated from the launch vehicle at 14:53. The launch was carried out under a turnkey contract awarded by Turksat Satellite Communication, Cable TV and Operation Inc. Co. (Turksat A.S.) in 2011.
TURKSAT-4B will use its own power for positioning in a geostationary orbit about 36,000 kilometers above the equator. Mitsubishi Electric will conduct in-orbit testing until the beginning of December, after which it will formally hand over TURKSAT-4B to Turksat.
This was the ninth launch of a satellite based on Mitsubishi Electric's DS2000 satellite platform. All DS2000 satellites in orbit, including the TURKSAT-4A launched last year, continue to operate stably. Mitsubishi Electric plans to launch seven more DS2000 satellites by 2017.
Mitsubishi Electric is pleased to contribute to the communications and broadcasting infrastructure of Turkey and its neighboring countries through its TURKSAT-4A and TURKSAT-4B.
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation is one of the world's leading manufacturers of electric and electronic equipment. Net sales (including intragroup) break down by family of products and by services as follows:
- industrial automation equipment (28.6%): programmable controllers, motor operators, counters, industrial robots, clutches, etc.;
- electric equipment (24.2%): generators, motors, transformers, power circuit breakers, testing systems, etc.;
- household appliances (22.4%): televisions, video recorders, air conditioners, refrigerators, lamps, vacuum cleaners, etc.;
- information and communication equipment (6.9%): mobile phones, satellites, aerials, medical and audiovisual equipment, servers, computers, etc.;
- electronic components and devices (4.7%): memory, logic integrated circuits, monitors, plasma screens, printed circuit cards, etc.;
- other (13.2%): financial services, real estate management, engineering and maintenance services, etc.
Net sales break down geographically as follows: Japan (52.1%), Asia (24.9%), Europe (11.1%), North America (10.3%) and other (1.6%).