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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. The satellite reportedly lost one of its solar-array drive mechanisms in February 2020, followed by the second solar-array drive the following month. An emergency attempt was made to raise the spacecraft to graveyard orbit, however, this only half worked, leaving just the apogee fully raised.