"Will supply high-resolution imagery from the new satellite to?21AT, a company founded in China and now based in Singapore."
"Product of a public-private partnership between the British government, UK satellite-builder Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd., and Airbus Defense and Space, which supplied the mission?s radar imaging payload from its facility in Portsmouth, England."
High speed broadcast service.
"Being used commercially, but can provide data for disaster monitoring."
Second generation.
Second generation.
"24 fixed beams and one steerable beam, pioneering Ka-band technology. High speed data capacity across southern and Eastern Africa, the Middle East and the Caucasus."
Stated goal of providing broadband internet access to people in the areas hardest to reach by terrestrial connectivity means
24 super-high-frequency and UHF channels; provide secure communications services to British and NATO forces.