Artist’s rendition of ABS 3A. Photo: Boeing

[Via Satellite 03-08-2016] ABS announced it has been granted landing rights from the Brazilian National Telecommunications Agency (ANATEL) in Dec. 2015 to operate its first satellite in Brazil, the new ABS 3A satellite on both C and Ku band.

ABS 3A is an all-electrical propulsion satellite that entered operation in August 2015. The satellite is available to serve a wide range of verticals in Brazil, including mobile backhaul, rural broadband, video, oil and gas, and mobility applications. ABS 3A is a high-power satellite providing 720 MHz in C-band and 216 MHz in Ku-band over Latin America. It also provides coverage across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.