Energia-100 (Russian: Энергия-100) is a planned geostationary communications satellite built by the Russian company RSC Energia for its subsidiary Energia-Telecom (Russian: Энергия-Телеком).[1] The whole bandwidths has been leased to the JSC RTComm.RU (Russian: АО РТКомм.РУ) subsidiary of Rostelecom.[2] Initially, it was planned to be launched in 2018 by a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.[3]

Energia-100 (Энергия-100)
Mission typeCommunication
OperatorRostelecom
Spacecraft properties
SpacecraftEnergia-100
BusUSP Bus
ManufacturerRSC Energia
Start of mission
Launch datePlanned: TBD
RocketSoyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Launch siteVostochny Cosmodrome
ContractorRoscosmos
Orbital parameters
Reference systemGEO
Transponders
BandKa band 100 Gbps

Payload

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While still based on the USP Bus, the payload is one of the high throughput Ka band that offers 100 Gbit/s of bandwidth. It has been stated that it is equivalen to 1,500 transponders of low bandwidth band.[1][3]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Компания "Энергия-Телеком" предоставит "Ростелекому" спутниковый ресурс для оказания услуг связи в Ка-диапазоне" [Energia-Telecom to provide Rostelecom satellite capacity for the provision of telecommunications services in the Ka-band] (in Russian). RSC Energia. September 28, 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-01-03. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  2. ^ "Спутник "Энергия-100" планируют запустить с "Восточного" в 2018 году" [Energia-100 satellite planned for a 2018 launch from Vostochny] (in Russian). Ria Novosti. October 6, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
  3. ^ a b ""Дочка" РКК "Энергия" до конца 2018 года запустит собственный телекоммуникационный спутник" [RSC Energia subsidiary to launch its own communications satellite in 2018] (in Russian). TASS. September 28, 2015. Retrieved 2016-07-20.
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