satellite communications type prjsc industry satellite communication founded january 2007 2007 01 headquarters abu dhabi united arab emirates area served south west asia middle east africa eastern europe key people jassem mohamed al zaabi chairman masood m. sharif mahmood ceo products satellite broadband internet satellite broadcast secure satellite connectivity . website http www.yahsat.ae . al yah satellite communications alyahsat is a satellite communications company wholly owned subsidiary of mubadala development company the abu dhabi government s strategic investment company . the company offers voice data video and internet services for broadcast internet and vsat users for both private and government organisations . contents 1 corporate history 2 yahsat satellites 3 yahsat services 4 references 5 external links corporate history edit incorporated in january 2008 the company had an aim of developing operating and using multi purpose government and commercial communications satellite systems for the middle east africa europe and south west asia regions . 1 in july 2008 yahsat approved a consortium of eads astrium and thales alenia to construct yahsat s own satellites manufacturing took 36 months to be completed in europe . arianespace were appointed to launch the first satellite y1a currently positioned at 52.5 east . 2 in august 2008 yahsat signed a 15 year lease agreement with the uae armed forces to provide secure satellite communications in the uae as yahsat s first government customer . as part of this contract yahsat will supply the ground terminals and gateway infrastructure for satellite network services . 3 in august 2009 yahsat entered into a partnership with european satellite operator ses to create a new company operating under the brand name yahlive offering direct to home dth television capacity and services to more than two dozen countries in the middle east north africa and south west asian region . 4 the first satellite was launched from the guiana space centre in kourou french guiana on 22 april 2011 . 5 a second satellite y1b weighing approx . 6 tons has been launched by international launch services ils on a proton breeze m vehicle from the baikonour kosmodrome in kazakhstan on april 24 2012 at 22 18 gmt . 6 yahsat satellites edit y1a y1b contractor eads astrium & thales alenia space launch april 2011 23 april 2012 7 orbital location 52.5 e 47.5 e lifetime 15 years launcher ariane 5 ils proton m capacity payload c band 8 36 mhz 6 54 mhz transponders . ku band bss 25 33 mhz transponders . ka band military 21 54 mhz secure transponders . ka band commercial 25 110 mhz transponders ka band military 21 54 mhz secure transponders 8 yahsat services edit government secure and reliable satellite service on military ka band . broadband high speed internet using commercial ka multi spot beam technology . connectivity high power c band coverage via a single beam over middle east africa and europe . broadcasting ku band coverage for broadcasting services . end to end solutions value added services for users requiring end to end and managed services . references edit al yah satellite communications company yahsat . mubadala development company pjsc . retrieved 26 july 2013 . arianespace to launch yahsat 1a satellite for united arab emirates . arianespace . 16 january 2008 . archived from the original on 12 august 2014 . retrieved 26 july 2013 . yahsat to provide secure satellite services for uae armed forces . internet archive . april 2008 . archived from the original on 17 august 2011 . retrieved 26 july 2013 . ses astra and yahsat start middle east satellite company . ses . 20 april 2009 . retrieved 26 july 2013 . arianespace launch a success yahsat y1a and intelsat new dawn in orbit . arianspace . 22 april 2011 . retrieved 26 july 2013 . hawkes rebecca . alyahsat celebrates after launch of second satellite . rapid tv news . retrieved 29 january 2013 . satlaunch.net satellite launches & footprints launch schedule 2012 . satlaunch.net . satlaunch.net . retrieved 26 july 2013 . yahsay brochure pdf . yahsay . internet archive . archived from the original pdf on 1 june 2010 . retrieved 26 july 2013 . external links edit yahsat.ae retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title al yah satellite communications & oldid 742983635 categories communications satellite operatorscompanies of the united arab emirateshigh throughput satelliteshidden categories articles created via the article wizard navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as 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