Second flight

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EDRS-C is the second satellite to use the SmallGEO platform.

It is the second node to the European Data Relay System, a unique public–private partnership between ESA and Airbus.

The system – dubbed the SpaceDataHighway by industry – provides data relay between low orbiting satellites and the EDRS nodes over optical links, with the information sent down to Europe in near-real time.

EDRS-C is the first dedicated EDRS satellite, and will double the system's capacity in orbit.

EDRS-C
Launcher	Ariane 5
Launch site	Kourou, French Guiana
Launch date	Summer 2019
Orbital position	Geostationary orbit, 31°E
Lifetime	15 years
Payload (intersatellite link capacity)	Optical: up to 1800 Mbit/s
Payload (to ground)	Ka-band: up to 1800 Mbit/s
Coverage	Europe
Size	3.1 x 2.3 x 4 m
Satellite mass	3200 kg at lift off
Control centres	Mission Operations Centres: Airbus Ottobrunn (DE) and Redu Space Services (BE) Spacecraft/Payload Control Centre: DLR German Aerospace Center Oberpfaffenhofen (DE)
Operator	Airbus (DE)

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