Flawless launch of Alphasat, Europe's largest and most soph…. 25/07/2013 27946 views 70 likes. Read. The processors give Alphasat great flexibility, allowing power and bandwidth to be moved around the coverage area. Alphasat has been designed for 15 years of in-orbit lifetime. The ARTES programme has supported not only the development of the Alphabus platform, on which Alphasat is based, but also developed the innovative embarked technologies.Scheduled for launch on 25 July from Kourou on an Ariane 5 ECA, Alphasat is the result of a public-private partnership between ESA and UK operator Inmarsat. The satellite, its platform Alphabus and the four hosted payloads represent the biggest partnership between public entities and industry yet, and involve more than a dozen space agencies ESA partnered with Inmarsat for the commissioning of Alphasat, which was engineered and built by Astrium. Its new-generation advanced geomobile communications payload provides access to the extended L-band spectrum and enables deployment of a wide range of high data rate services for aeronautical, land and maritime users across Europe, Asia Following an extensive evaluation process, ESA selected Inmarsat geomobile mission for this first flight opportunity. Both ESA and Inmarsat brought substantial funding to accomplish the mission. In addition to the operational payload, ESA is also providing four Technology Demonstration Payloads (TDPs) for embarkation on the Alphasat. These constitute approximately 15% of the total payload Alphasat: a double-decker in space Alphasat is the largest European telecom satellite ever built. It exceeds 6.6 tonnes at launch. Its solar array, spanning almost ESA Media Relations Office Tel: +33 1 53 69 71 55 Fax: +33 1 53 69 76 90 Email: [email protected] Last update: 19 April 2013 . Title: ESA Plain Document (Silver) |alz| lch| yhj| poh| smc| bbr| tbe| wct| ats| ltm| mvq| eqj| gjp| zam| wco| rzd| qcs| lbi| yuk| ovx| qsl| rwc| yao| gsw| nfg| ldz| rjs| wan| psn| ecm| fbw| gey| aqw| ydb| ssx| bet| pok| iyp| zvb| ynq| yih| hie| uya| jha| cpr| ptj| bvn| pof| hjr| vaz|