[Satellite Today 07-24-08] Orbital Sciences Corp. delivered the Measat-3a satellite to Baikonur Cosmodrome in advance of its scheduled Aug. 21 launch on a Land Launch vehicled, Orbital announced July 23.
    Measat Satellite Systems Sdn. Bhd. will use the spacecraft, which will be co-located with Measat-3 at 91.5 degrees East, to provide C-band coverage across a region bounded by Africa and Eastern Europe in the West to Japan and Australia in the East and Ku-Band services direct-to-home customers in Malaysia and Indonesia.
    “The launch of Measat-3a will be another key milestone in the expansion of Measat’s business,” Paul Brown-Kenyon, Measat’s COO, said in a statement. “Complementing the Measat-3 satellite, which was launched in December 2006, the new satellite will allow us to continue to support the growth of our customers in rapidly growing segments in Malaysia and across the Asia-Pacific region.”