Eurostar Neo Satellite Bus
Airbus Defence and Space
The Eurostar Neo is Airbus Defence and Space’s next-generation geostationary telecommunications satellite platform. It is built to host very large payloads from 3 kW up to 25 kW of payload power, making it one of the most powerful satellite platforms in the world. The platform supports advanced electric propulsion for station-keeping and orbit raising, enabling […]
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- Design lifetime
- 15 years min · extended operational life, often exceeding 15 years · datasheet p.2
- Orbit
- GEO datasheet p.2
- Power available to payload
- 7 000 W min · scalable payload power 7-24+ kW · datasheet p.2 24 000 W max · scalable payload power 7-24+ kW
- Propulsion
- included electric orbit raising · datasheet p.2
- Radio band
- Ka datasheet p.5 other C-band | Ku up to 80 transponders in Ku/Ka/X/C | X
- Max satellite wet mass
- 3 000 kg min · launch mass, printed "from 3 to 6.8 ton" · datasheet p.2 6 800 kg max · launch mass, printed "from 3 to 6.8 ton"
- Deployables (as printed)
- up to 6 deployable reflectors up to 2.6 m diameter; capacity to embark 12 m unfurlable reflectors datasheet p.2
- Flight heritage
- first launch in 2022; Eurostar family heritage datasheet p.2
- Satellite class
- GEO datasheet p.2
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About
The Eurostar Neo is Airbus Defence and Space’s next-generation geostationary telecommunications satellite platform. It is built to host very large payloads from 3 kW up to 25 kW of payload power, making it one of the most powerful satellite platforms in the world. The platform supports advanced electric propulsion for station-keeping and orbit raising, enabling significant launch mass savings. Key customers include Eutelsat (Hot Bird 13G, Eutelsat 10B), and Inmarsat (I-6 F1 and F2). It entered service from 2022.
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