Lesson 5th year
SIMON BOLIVAR SATELLITE
SIMON BOLIVAR SATELLITE
"Living is more important than reading, but reading helps you live fully, make your life more beautiful and make you happier."
Luis Beltrán Prieto Figueroa
Pre-reading activities:
1. What do you know about Simon Bolivar Satellite?
2. What do you want to learn about it?
3. What is the reading about?
4. Where does it happen?
5. How would you describe the information?
6. What is it talking about?
7. What is a good example of...?
8. What benefit have you had with...?
Reading
Details: 14 C-band transponders (radio and TV signal), 12 Ku-band (data and high speed Internet) and 2 Ka-band (future digital TV signal transponders to cover most of South American continent and part of Caribbean areas, and provide communications and broadcasting services to Venezuelan as well as the surrounding region Satellite Position: 78° W (78° W)
Launch date: 29-Oct-2008 Launch mass (kg): 5049
Manufacturer: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC)
Model (bus): DFH-4 Bus Status: active
THE SIMON BOLIVAR SATELLITE BENEFITS MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE
Caracas, 29 Oct. AVN.-Voice and data services that previously could not reach all inhabitants offar-flung towns like Curiapo and San Francisco de Guayo in Delta Amacuro state or El Yagual in the border state of Apure, are now guaranteed by the wide signal of the Simon Bolivar satellite, through which 3 million 699 thousand Venezuelans are connected.
Reaching isolated areas of national territory gave rise to the idea of launching into space the first Venezuelan satellite, a 4-year device in orbit whose major achievement has been the transfer of technology to people in places where making a telephone call or surfing the Internet was never believed possible.
The Simon Bolivar satellite platform is integrated into the National Telephone Company's network of terrestrial telecommunications and contributes to the development of social programs such as teleeducation, telephony, and Internet as well as FUNVISIS research projects.
Besides, a network of 35 seismic stations (with 24- hours satellite connection) operates in the country to monitor any telluric movement in Venezuela.
The Simon Bolivar spacecraft is run and controlled in the national territory by a team of Venezuelan experts belonging to the Bolivarian Agency for Space Activities (ABAE). The main control earth station is located in the Aerospace Base Capitan Manuel Rios (Bamari), in the central state of Guarico whereas the backup earth station is located in Luepa, Bolivar State.
The satellite project began on 1 November 2005 when an agreement with China was signed to develop this device which would open the way towards the technological independence of the country.
100 per cent efficient use
This 100 per cent efficient satellite uses more than 5 thousand dishes to cover seven major areas: 3,500 dishes for education; 160 for security and defense, among other radars helping safeguard domestic airspace, 131 for border protection, 127 for energy and oil, 1,143 for food, 200 for communications and 350 for health, Vice Minister of Telecommunications said.
Another great contribution is the training of human talent, with a total of 90 experts trained to operate this spatial device.
Since 2008, 2,027 Venezuelan professionals graduated from national universities in disciplines such as physics, chemistry, biology, telecommunications and systems engineering, information technology, geology, geography, cartography, among others, have been trained in science and space technology.
Venezuela celebrates its 4th year of technological independence on Monday, through the placement of this device in orbit which opened possibilities for the most isolated communities of the country to join telecommunication services.
Taken from http://tartaro.avn.info.ve/contenido/simon-bolivar-satellite-benefits-more-3-million-people
Find the answers to the following questions.
1. When did this satellite project begin?
2. When was the Simon Bolivar satellite put in orbit?
3. What does the Simon Bolivar satellite guarantee today?
4. Which countries are integrating the Simon Bolivar satellite platform?
5. Where are the main control earth station and backup earth station located?
6. How many satellite dishes does Venezuela have?
7. Is this Satellite helpful for monitoring any telluric movement in Venezuela? Why?
8. What has its major achievement been till now?
9. What is the main benefit of having this Venezuelan satellite?
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