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HydRON – User Workshop
January 25, 2022
Publication date
03 Dec 2012
SmallGEO is part of the next generation of modular and flexible telecommunications platforms. It is being developed by ESA in partnership with a European consortium headed by the German manufacturer OHB-Systems. Spanish operator Hispasat will be the first to use SmallGEO for its Hispasat AG-1 satellite.
Launch is planned for 2014.