SINGAPORE\u2014Kacific1,\u00a0Kacific Broadband Satellites Group\u2019s first communications satellite, has entered commercial service and is ready to support customers across Asia Pacific.<\/p>\n
Designed and manufactured by Boeing, Kacific1 is a high-throughput, ka-band satellite which successfully launched on Dec. 16, 2019, from Cape Canaveral, Florida. The payload and bus platform have been thoroughly tested and all 56 spot beams are now operating with full capability from the 150E orbital position.<\/p>\n
\u201cFrom the early design and through the construction phases, we knew that Kacific-1 would provide the Asia-Pacific region with cost-effective technology to transform lives and businesses with the best broadband available to remote areas. Now with the in-orbit tests completed, we can realize this huge potential.\u201d\u00a0 said Bob Perpall, Kacific\u2019s chief technology officer.\u00a0 \u201cIn the two months since launch, we\u2019ve rolled out over a hundred trial sites across Asia Pacific and are extremely pleased with the technology\u2019s performance. When we put up the initial carriers and saw the performance we were getting on that first terminal, we knew then that we had something wonderful to offer people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kacific engineers are upskilling local engineers in the installation and maintenance of the satellite ground technology. The rapid rollout will continue in coming months connecting both new end users and those being transferred from the provisional Ku-band network to Kacific1\u2019s Ka-band services.<\/p>\n
Kacific\u2019s affordable, high-speed broadband services are available in these countries through local telecommunications and internet service providers:<\/p>\n
\u00a0Pacific:\u00a0American Samoa, Cook Islands, Fiji, French Polynesia, Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, New Zealand, Niue, Northern Marianas, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.<\/p>\n
\u00a0 Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Timor-Leste, and Southern Thailand. (PR)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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