Eutelsat To Order Geostationary Spacecraft from Smallsat Specialist Surrey

摘要

Satellite fleet operator Eutelsat of Paris is purchasing the inaugural geostationary-orbiting spacecraft from small-satellite builder SSTL of Britain following a technology risk-reduction program financed by SSTL, Airbus Defence and Space and the 20-nation European Space Agency, Eutelsat announced Dec. 8. The satellite design, called Eutelsat Quantum, employs an Airbus-built analog onboard signal processor and a phased-array antenna design, also by Airbus, fitted onto SSTL's Geostationary Multi-mission Platform for Telecommunications, or GMP-T, satellite bus.