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EADS Astrium & Thales Alenia: Alphabus
Alphasat [ESA]
generic Alphabus [EADS Astrium]
Alphabus is a programme initiated by ESA and CNES to jointly develop a product through a project industrial team made of EADS Astrium and Thales Alenia Space. It is a new multi-purpose platform for the high-power payload communications satellite market.
Alphasat will be the satellite using the Alphabus proto-flight platform, achieving in-orbit validation of the platform through a commercial operator.
Implementation of a Geo-mobile application will use the Alphabus platform design in a
configuration that requires a 90 degree change to the satellite flight orientation to
improve accommodation of the feed/reflector configuration and allow the embarkation of a
large deployable reflector. Both of these capabilities will be offered as options in the
Alphabus portfolio.
| Satellite | Ordered | Date | Launcher | Weight (kg) | Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Launch | BOL | ||||||
| Alphasat (Inmarsat-4A F4) | 2007 | 25.07.2013 | Ariane-5ECA | 6649 | |||
BAe / Matra Marconi / EADS Astrium and Dornier / Airbus Defence and Space
|
Dornier / EADS Astrium |
| Aerospatiale → Alcatel → Thales Alenia | Alenia Spazio → Thales Alenia |
