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XTAR-EUR 29° E
XTAR's first payload, XTAR-EUR, began service in April 2005. It provides X-band coverage across a
wide geographic region from Eastern Brazil and the Atlantic Ocean, across Europe, Africa, the Middle East, South East Asia and as far east as Singapore. The payload is extremely flexible delivered through its two global, one fixed, and four steerable beams which can be relocated anywhere within the satellite's coverage area. Click here to download »
| Spacecraft | ||
| Bus: | LS-1300 (3 axis controlled) | |
| Redundancy: | 19:12 100 W TWT As | |
| Propulsion: | Bi-Propellant | |
| Attitude: | Bias Momentum | |
| Power: | 5773-W BOL (3599-W requried) | |
| 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 |
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| Fixed Beam: | 1 | |
| Steerable Beams: | 4 | |
- 1 RHCP |
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| Total Beams: | 7 | |
