[Satellite Today 06-18-09] Hughes Network Systems will launch a next-generation, high throughput satellite in the first quarter of 2012 to expand its broadband Internet service across North America, the company announced June 16.
Hughes has selected Space Systems / Loral (SS/L) to manufacture the satellite based on the SS/L 1300 platform, designed to deliver over 100 Gbps throughput and utilize an enhanced version of the IPoS broadband satellite standard, Hughes said.
The new satellite will employ a multi-spot beam, bent pipe Ka-band architecture to augment Hughes’ Spaceway 3 satellite system, put into commercial service in April 2008.
Hughes to Launch High Throughput Broadband Satellite in 2012
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