World's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite lifts off from French Guiana on board an Ariane 5 rocket, ushering in new era of more flexible communications
Ariane 5 rocket carrying two telecommunications satellites, Eutelsat Konnect and GSAT-30, lifting off from its launchpad in Kourou, at the European Space Center in French Guiana, on January 16, 2020.
The world's first commercial fully re-programmable satellite has lifted off from French Guiana on board an Ariane 5 rocket, ushering in a new era of more flexible communications. Unlike conventional models that are designed and "hard-wired" on Earth and cannot be repurposed once in orbit, the Eutelsat Quantum allows users to tailor the communications to their needs— almost in real-time.Because it can be reprogrammed while orbiting in a fixed position 35,000 kilometres above the Earth, the Quantum can respond to changing demands for data transmission and secure communications during its 15-year lifetime, according to the European Space Agency.
The 3.5 tonne Quantum model has eight communications beams, each of which can be modified to change its area of coverage and also the power of the telecommunications signal it emits. Using software made available to the customer, these changes can be made "in a matter of minutes,” according to Eutelsat.
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