bermuda with u.s. operations based in san francisco california and asian operations based in singapore . protostar intended to operate an initial fleet of three geostationary satellites . 1 two satellites were acquired and launched . protostar s anchor customer dish tv india limited is the largest direct to home television operator in india . 2 contents 1 bankruptcy and auction 2 protostar i 3 protostar ii 4 ground control segment 5 references 6 external links bankruptcy and auction edit protostar ltd filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the united states bankruptcy court for the district of delaware on june 29 2009 . 3 protostar sought and was made by the bankruptcy court to auction its two satellites off to pay its outstanding liabilities . the auction for protostar i was set by the bankruptcy court for october 14 2009 4 however the auction was delayed until october 31 2009 based on interest from 11 different satellite operating companies . 5 the auction was won by intelsat corp with a bid of 210m beating out european rival eutelsat . 6 protostar i edit the protostar i satellite was built by space systems loral ss l based on the ss l 1300 spacecraft design . it was originally built by ss l as the chinasat 8 satellite . on january 5 2007 ss l announced the satellite which had been in storage would be modified to meet protostar s requirements . 7 the fueled satellite weighed 4 100 kilograms 9 000 lb and will operate in both the ku band and the c band . 8 on january 8 2007 arianespace announced that protostar had contracted with arianespace for the launch of protostar i. 8 it was launched aboard an ariane 5 eca rocket on july 7 2008 . 9 post launch maneuvering of the satellite was performed successfully july 8 2008 . 2 and protostar i was placed into its geostationary orbital location of 98.5 degrees east longitude . following the sale of protostar i in the protostar bankruptcy auction october 29 2009 and the completion of the sale with intelsat intelsat renamed the satellite intelsat 25 . intelsat 25 will serve for african market at 31.5 west orbital location . protostar ii edit main article ses 7 on january 14 2008 boeing announced that the boeing satellite development center in el segundo california would provide a spacecraft based on the boeing 601hp spacecraft design for use as protostar ii . 10 the spacecraft was originally built for panamsat now intelsat to be used as galaxy 8ir but that contract was terminated november 15 2002 . 11 on may 16 2009 protostar ii was carried to orbit on a proton rocket provided by international launch services . 12 on june 16 2009 boeing announced the successful in orbit handover of the satellite to protostar ltd. following successful in orbit tests . 13 in december 2009 ses purchased protostar ii at auction for its ses world skies unit . the purchase price was 185 million . 14 ground control segment edit the protostar i ground control system is in singapore and will be operated by singtel . for protostar ii the primary control system will be installed in indonesia and operated by indovision with a backup system integrated into the control system for protostar i. hardware and software for these systems are being provided by integral systems . 15 references edit protostar fleet . protostar . a b space systems loral built protostar i satellite successfully performs post launch maneuvers . jason cornell august 1 2009 . direct satellite tv provider protostar files for bankruptcy following defaults on loan agreements . delawarebankruptcy.foxrothschild.com . retrieved december 23 2009 . bankruptcy court sets protostar auction dates . spacenews.com . august 31 2009 . retrieved december 23 2009 . doug lung may 11 2009 . intelsat wins protostar 1 satellite auction . tvtechnology.com . retrieved december 23 2009 . peter b. de selding october 30 2009 . intelsat outbids eutelsat for protostar 1 . spacenews.com . retrieved december 23 2009 . space systems loral awarded contract to deliver satellite to protostar ltd. . ss l. a b arianespace to launch protostar i . arianespace . another successful arianespace launch protostar i and badr 6 are in orbit . arianespace . boeing awarded contract for direct to home entertainment satellite . boeing . krebs gunter . protostar 2 . ils proton successfully launches indostar ii protostar ii satellite . may 16 2009 . boeing hands over indostar ii protostar ii satellite following successful in orbit tests . protostar . june 16 2009 . peter b. de selding december 17 2009 . ses wins auction for protostar 2 . space news . integral systems awarded contract to provide protostar ii ground segment pdf . integral systems . april 22 2008 . external links edit official website direct satellite tv provider protostar files for bankruptcy following defaults on loan agreements 1 august 1 2009 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title protostar & oldid 743919572 categories communications satellitessatellite operators navigation menu 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