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Naples relayed via laser
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 12 JUN. 2017

First Sentinel-2B images delivered by laser

With the Sentinel-2B satellite close to beginning its working life in orbit, this latest Copernicus satellite has linked up to Alphasat by laser, across almost 36 000 km of space, to deliver images of Earth just moments after they were captured.
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ARCHIVE CONTENT: 27 MAR. 2015

Telecom powerhouse provides safety-of-life broadband communications

Inmarsat’s Broadband Global Area Network services were transferred on 24 March to Alphasat, the record-breaking telecom satellite developed in a partnership between the UK satcom operator and ESA. These include a host of broadband safety-of-life services.
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Sentinel-1 EDRS laser
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 01 APR. 2014

Sentinel-1 soon to make first laser link

The Sentinel-1 Earth observation satellite, set for launch on Thursday as the first space element of Europe’s Copernicus global monitoring programme, will be the anchor customer of another milestone ESA programme: the laser-equipped European Data Relay System.
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Alphasat's TDP 5 measures cloud coverage
ARCHIVE CONTENT: 21 JAN. 2014

Alphasat’s pioneering high-frequency hosted payload set for experiments

European scientists can now begin probing unexplored frequencies, as mega telecom satellite Alphasat’s ‘Aldo Paraboni Q/V Band’ hosted payload has been given the green light to begin experiments.
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14 MAY. 2013

The Alphabus platform

Alphasat is the first flight opportunity for Alphabus, the platform it is based on.
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05 MAR. 2004

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Ariane 5 ECAHeightup to 53 mDiameterup to 5.4 mLiftoff mass for a double launch780 tonnesPayload mass into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO)10 tonnesA version of the Ariane 5 launcher, Ariane 5 ...
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