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Began Service
April 2005
COVERAGE
XTAR-EUR is the world’s first satellite developed exclusively for commercial X-band services. The satellite provides X-band coverage from Eastern Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, acrossEurope, Africa, and the Middle East as far east as Singapore.

   
Spacecraft  
Bus: LS-1300 (3 axis controlled)
Redundancy: 19:12 100W TWTAs
Propulsion: Bi-Propellant
Attitude: Bias Momentum
Power: 5773-W BOL (3599-W required)
Mass: 3640-kg Wet Mass
Life: >15 years
   
Payload  
Transponders: 12
  - RHCP 6
  - LHCP 6
Transponder Power: 100 W
Transponder Size: 72 MHz
Guard Bands: 8 MHz
Total Usable Capacity: 864 MHz
   
 
   
Antenna Coverage  
Global Beams: 2
  - 1 RHCP
  - 1 LHCP
Fixed Beam: 1
Steerable Beams: 4
  - 2 RHCP
  - 2 LHCP
Total Beams: 7
   
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