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    ESA > Our Activities > Telecommunications & Integrated Applications

    Artemis vital statistics

    Artemis in testing at ESTEC
    Artemis in testing at ESTEC

    Satellite characteristics

    Mass
    at launch
    3,100 kg
    Power consumption 2.5 kW
    Height 4.8 metres
    Length 25 metres
    (solar array tip to tip)
    Width 8.0 metres
    (with antennas deployed)
    Launch 2001
    Lifetime 10 years
    Orbital position 21.5°E
    Mobile payload
    Coverage Europe (to Urals), North Africa & Middle East
    Frequency bands 1.5 GHz (L-band) to/from mobiles
    12/14 GHz (Ku-band) to/from fixed Earth stations
    Voice channels <360 bi-directional (eurobeam)
    <662 bi-directional (spotbeam)
    Mobile terminal
    antenna size
    20 cm by 40 cm
    Data relay payload
    Coverage Approx. 65% of orbits
    Feeder/downlink coverage Western Europe
    Inter orbit link
    (S-band 2GHz)
    1 Mbps in the forward direction
    (i.e. Artemis to low altitude spacecraft)
    3 Mbps in the return direction
    (i.e. low altitude spacecraft to Artemis)
    Ka-Band (23/26 GHz) 10 Mbps in the forward direction
    3 x 150 Mbps in the return direction
    Optical (0.8nm) 2 Mbps in the forward direction
    50 Mbps in the return direction
    Navigation payload
    Coverage global (specifically Europe)
    Mass 25 kg
    Power 110 W
    Antenna (downlink) horn antenna
    (uplink) LLM antenna (2.8 m Ø)
    Frequency band (downlink) 1.6 GHz (L-band)
    (uplink) 14 GHz (Ku-band)

    Last update: 28 September 2004

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