KaSat

Renamed Eutelsat Ka-Sat 9A in 2012

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General

Designation	37258 / 10069A
Launch date	26 Dec 2010
Country of origin	Europe
Mission	Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	9°E
Launch vehicle	Proton #374

Ka-band only. Total throughput of over 70 Gigabits per second. Frequencies are reused 20 times.
Entered service on 1st Jun 2011.

Eutelsat has included this satellite in a joint venture (EBI) deal in 2016 with Viasat to expand the European market and create a direct to consumer ISP business. EBI is 51% Eutelsat, 49% Viasat.

In Late-2020 Eutelsat sold its 51% to Viasat for EUR140 million

On 24 Feb 2022 with the start of the Russian-Ukraine war a cyberattack disrupted communications by targetting commercial modems. The company had to ship replacements as the fix could only by done by the manufacturer.


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Technical data

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Lyngsat transponder loading

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Specifications

Prime contractor	EADS Astrium
Platform	E3000
Mass at launch	6150 kg
Dry mass
Dimension
Solar array	40 m span
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	15 kW
Design lifetime	15 years

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Ka-band

Main transponders
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage	82 spot beams connected to 10 ground stations Europe, the Middle East, and Northern Africa
EIRP max
Polarization
Frequencies	Uplink: Downlink:

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