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EchoStar 24 / Jupiter 3 [EchoStar]
Space Systems/Loral (SSL) announced in August 2017 that it has been selected by Hughes Network Systems, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation to build the Jupiter 3 / EchoStar XIX transformational Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS).
Jupiter 3/EchoStar XXIV is a large, multi-spot beam Ka-band satellite based on the highly reliable SSL-1300 space-proven platform, which provides the flexibility to support a broad range of applications and technology advances. It features an entirely new architecture based on a broad range of technology advances including the miniaturization of electronics, solid state amplifiers, and more efficient antenna designs allowing 500 Gbps throughput. SSL has patented 18 technology advances that were incorporated into the spacecraft design, enabling it to provide highly concentrated capacity in critical areas.
The satellite was planned for a 2021 launch, but was delayed multiple times to 29 July 2023 due to COVID-19 pandemic related issues.
| Nation: | USA |
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| Type / Application: | Communication |
| Operator: | EchoStar, Hughes Network Systems |
| Contractors: | Maxar Technologies (formerly Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)) |
| Equipment: | UHDS multi-spot beam Ka-band payload |
| Configuration: | SSL-1300 |
| Propulsion: | ?, 4 × SPT-100 plasma thrusters |
| Power: | 2 deployable solar arrays, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 20 years |
| Mass: | ~9200 kg; 5817 kg (dry) |
| Orbit: | GEO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks | |
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| EchoStar 24 (Jupiter 3) | 2023-108A | 29.07.2023 | CCK LC-39A | Falcon-Heavy (Block 5)(px) |
Launch Sites:
- CCK = NASA John F. Kennedy Space Center, Cape Canaveral, Florida, USA
References:
- Space Systems/Loral: SSL to Provide Transformational Ultra High Density Satellite (UHDS) for Hughes Network Systems, 9 August 2017
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