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  2. Astra 4A - Wikipedia

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    Astra 4A (originally Sirius 4) is one of the Astra communications satellites owned and operated by SES at the Astra 5°E orbital slot providing digital television and radio broadcasts, data, and interactive services to Nordic countries, eastern Europe and sub-Saharan Africa in the 11.70 GHz-12.75 GHz range of the K u band and 18.8 GHz-21.75 GHz range of the K a band.

  3. Eutelsat Konnect - Wikipedia

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    Eutelsat Konnect is a geostationary communications satellite operated by Eutelsat. [1] The satellite was designed and manufactured by Thales Alenia Space on the Spacebus NEO 100 platform, and was launched on 16 January 2020 on an Ariane 5 ECA. The satellite provides broadband internet and communications coverage to Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa ...

  4. Satellite television by region - Wikipedia

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    On satellite Astra 28.2°E, SES, HD+ Ghana, GTV (Gateway TV) - to differentiate from Ghana Television (GTV)-, a British-based company, became the next contender in sub-saharan Africa providing digital satellite television. But on 30 January. 2009, the Board of Directors of Gateway Broadcast Services (GBS) approved plans to liquidate the company ...

  5. List of satellites in geosynchronous orbit - Wikipedia

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    Europe and Sub-Saharan Africa 16 January 2020, Ariane 5 ECA (VA-251) 9.0°E: KA-SAT 9A: Eurostar E3000: Europe Eutelsat: Communications Europe and the Mediterranean Basin 26 December 2010, Proton: 9.0°E: Eurobird 9B: Europe Eutelsat: 29 January 2016, Proton: formerly Hot Bird 2: 9.5°E Meteosat 6, MSG 3 Europe Weather satellite (ДЗЗ, DZE)

  6. Sub-Saharan Africa - Wikipedia

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    Combined green: Definition of "sub-Saharan Africa" as used in the statistics of United Nations institutions Lighter green: The Sudan, classified as a part of North Africa by the United Nations Statistics Division [2] instead of Eastern Africa, though the organization states that "the assignment of countries or areas to specific groupings is for statistical convenience and does not imply any ...

  7. List of SES satellites - Wikipedia

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    24 C-band, 36 K u-band, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Two K u-band beams targeting Nordic/Baltic regions, and sub-Saharan Africa. 10 July 2012: Proton-M / Briz-M: Entering commercial service summer 2012. Formerly called Astra 4B. SES-6: 40.5° W: Astrium: Eurostar E3000: 43 C-band, 48 K u-band. (North America, Latin America, Europe ...

  8. List of regions of Africa - Wikipedia

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    The Maghreb is a region of northwest Africa encompassing the coastlands and Atlas Mountains of Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia. The Sahara Desert is the massive sparsely populated region in North Africa that contains the world's largest hot deserts; Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the African continent which lies south of the Sahara.

  9. File:Africa (satellite image).jpg - Wikipedia

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