XTAR-EUR

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General

Designation	28542 / 05005A
Launch date	12 Feb 2005
Country of origin	United States
Mission	Military: Telecommunications
Geostationary orbit	29°E
Launch vehicle	Ariane V164

Operated by Xtar, a company owned at 56% by Loral and the rest by Hisdesat (see Spainsat).
Capacity to be leased to friendly governments. Control ground station in the Canary Islands.

The Spanish Ministry of Defense (SMOD) is XTAR's first customer, leasing 238 MHz of X-band capacity until its primary satellite, Spainsat, enters service. Later XTAR will provide back-up capacity to the SMOD on XTAR-EUR.
In addition, XTAR will lease eight 72 MHz X-band transponders on Spainsat in order to provide greater flexibility and additional X-band services.

Requires user antennas for X-band of 2.4 meter diameter.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L:	Jan 2022	29°E
Jan 2022		29°E inclined

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External resources

sat-index articles

http://www.xtarllc.com/

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	SS/L
Platform	FS-1300
Mass at launch	3631 kg
Dry mass	1412 kg
Dimension	5.4 x 2.9 x 2.2 m
Solar array
Stabilization	3-axis
DC power	EOL: 3.6 kW
Design lifetime	15 years (target: 18 years)

S-band TT&C

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X-band (7.250-8.400 GHz)

Main transponders	12
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth	72 MHz
Coverage	2 Global beams (from Eastern Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, across all of Europe, Africa and the Middle East to as far east as Singapore) 1 beam for Full Europe and the Middle East 4 steerable beams (may overlap)
EIRP max
G/T max
Polarization	RHCP/LHCP

Has on-board switching.

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Ka-band

Main transponders
Backup transponders
Power
Bandwidth
Coverage
EIRP max
Polarization
Frequencies	Uplink: Downlink:

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