The ABS-2 satellite was built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) using the LS-1300 platform. It weighed more than 6,330 kg at launch and was positioned in geostationary orbit at 75 degrees East. Fitted with C, Ku, and Ka-band transponders, it provides telecommunications, direct-to-home (DTH) broadcasting, multimedia, and data transmission services for Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Russia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).

Athena-Fidus (Access on theatres for European allied forces nations-French Italian dual-use satellite) is a French-Italian telecommunication satellite providing high-throughput secure communications to both nation's armed forces and their emergency services. It was manufactured by Thales Alenia Space under the supervision of CNES, the DGA, and the Italian Space Agency. It complements the lower-throughput but more secure Syracuse 3 satellites. The satellite has a wet mass of 3 tonnes and was placed on Geostationary orbit in 2014. Its expected lifetime is 15 years.