[afnog] NSS8 satellite demise

[Hari Kurup]

On Sun, 4 Feb 2007 09:59:00 +0200, Mark Tinka wrote
> On Friday 02 February 2007 19:12, Steven G. Huter wrote:
> 
> > The NSS8 satellite was intended to replace the NSS-703 bird with
> > coverage over Africa where available capacity is currently in
> > short supply and demand is high, but it exploded during the
> > launch on Jan. 30.
> 
> This is going to push space segment pricing up in the short to 
> medium term as the demand in this region soars.

Not really. There will be no impact on pricing though $300M went up in smoke.
According to New Skies, NSS-9 will free up NSS-5 next year which will inturn free up
NSS-703 (which is what NSS-8 was supposed to do).

BTW I found this thread interesting:
http://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/forums/thread-view.asp?tid=5103&posts=372&start=1

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Hari