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Alphasat hosted payload programme to be extended
20 December 2016 — ESA, Inmarsat, and payload providers have agreed to continue the very successful Alphasat hosted payload programme for another three years.
New heat dissipater keeps satellites cool in space
13 July 2016 – With support from ESA, a European consortium led by Airbus DS has developed a novel Deployable Panel Radiator that will provide much-needed additional radiating capacity for highly dissipative payloads, such as those planned for the next generation of very high throughput satellites.
Sentinel-1A—Alphasat laser link delivers excellent stability and robustness
5 Aug 2015
5 August 2015 – Having recently completed 100 communication sessions, the optical inter-satellite link between Sentinel-1A and Alphasat is delivering excellent stability and robustness under various conditions, and represents a global first.
Inmarsat transfers BGAN services to Alphasat
27 March 2015 – UK satcoms operator Inmarsat has transferred its Broadband Global Area Network services to Alphasat, the advanced telecommunications satellite developed in a partnership between Inmarsat and ESA. Inmarsat will be using Alphasat to provide BGAN-based safety services across Europe, Africa and the Middle East.
First commercial airline for Alphasat air safety service
18 Nov 2014
Hawaiian Airlines (USA) has announced it will be the first commercial airline installing Inmarsat’s (UK) SwiftBroadband-Safety, a new air safety service for trans-oceanic flights that has been designed and developed through the Alphasat Private Public Partnership between Inmarsat and ESA.
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Status date: December 17 2013