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W2A Satellite on Track for 3 April
W2A satellite has just begun its final preparations for upcoming launch by an ILS Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan – announced Eutelsat Communications. The main goal of satellite in not only to deliver significant new Ku-band and C-band resources for Eutelsat. What’s more – it will take into orbit first european S-band payload for video and data services for mobile handsets and vehicles, commercialized by Solaris Mobile.
W2A will replace other Eutelsat satellite, W1, at 10 East degree and duig its planned 15 years work it will operate in three frequency bands:
- 46 Ku-band transponders that will be connected to a wide footprint of three main regions: Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. At the same time a second beam over will be over southern Africa and islands in the Indian Ocean. This capacity is planned to be beneficial for numerous telecommunications operators, Internet Service Providers. Also video service providers that are active in european countries and thus require interconnectivity between Europe and Africa will benefit from it’s proximity ;
- C-band – 10 transponders that will provide wide coverage of Africa. This will extend towards indian subcontinent and part of latin America. This new mission at Eutelsat’s 10 degrees East position will strengthen the Group’s response to strong demand for C-band capacity for GSM trunking and for enterprise networks, notably in Africa.
– S-band - this will be possible thanks to the provided by Solaris Mobile a 12-metre antenna deployed on the W2A satellite. The band gives the possibility of a single network that will span Europe for standalone mobile video, data and interactive services via satellite, and hybrid satellite-terrestrial services. Resources gathered through S-band will also support the communication networks for emergency services in european region. They will provide interconnectivity between teams staying in the field, as well as their vehicles and home bases.