Kuala Lumpur – MEASAT Global Berhad (“MEASAT”) announced on April 29 that the MEASAT-3b satellite is confirmed for launch on May 28, 2014 GFT (May 29, 2014 Kuala Lumpur time). Manufactured by Airbus Space and Defence, the MEASAT-3b satellite will be launched on an Ariane 5 ECA launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

MEASAT-3b is designed to provide an additional 48 high powered Ku-band transponders to expand Direct-To-Home and VSAT services across Malaysia, India, Indonesia and Australia at the 91.5°E orbital slot. Co-located with MEASAT-3 and MEASAT-3a, the satellite will more than double MEASAT’s Ku-band capacity at this orbital location creating one of the region’s most powerful and robust orbital locations.