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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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