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Bulsatkom with the help of 7 banks. The project cost 235 million dollars and is expected to pay for itself in 10 years.
Here's a pretty informative interview in Bulgarian with Bulsatkom's CEO Maksim Zayakov:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Wv [...] e=youtu.be
Some highlights:
It's a commercial project in order for Bulsatkom to provide better services for its clients.
The project started in 2006. A lot of enginners from Bulgaria are involved in the project. They started collaborating with SpaceX in 2007. Zayakov says BulgariaSat couldn't happen without SpaceX. Space Systems/Loral built BulgariaSat 1 in Palo Alto, California. After its launch BulgariaSat will be controlled from Bulgaria through bases in Sofia and Veliko Tarnovo.
BulgariaSat is a latest generation satellite with a powerful high speed beam over the Balkans, the first of its kind for the region and a weaker beam over most of Europe, North Africa and parts of the Middle East.
Bulsatkom couldn't provide better service with the old satellite they were renting which prompted BulgariaSat.
It will provide more channels in HD and 4k, various services, double the channels, help during natural disasters, corporate communications, live reporting from any place.
BulgariaSat will live at least 15 years probably 20. The satellite is insured, weighs just under 4 tonnes and is solar powered.
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