{"id":64136,"date":"2018-09-12T22:00:52","date_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/terran-orbital-tapped-to-build-gapsat-1\/"},"modified":"2018-09-12T22:00:52","modified_gmt":"2018-09-12T14:00:52","slug":"terran-orbital-tapped-to-build-gapsat-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/terran-orbital-tapped-to-build-gapsat-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Terran Orbital Tapped to Build GapSat-1"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<p>British Virgin Islands-based<strong> GapSat<\/strong> has commissioned its first geosynchronous satellite, GapSat-1, from California-based manufacturer <strong>Terran Orbital<\/strong>, which will outfit the spacecraft with&nbsp;a multi-band system offering wide band solutions in C-, Ku-, Ka-, Q-, and V-bands, and an electric propulsion system . The spacecraft will be injected directly into the geosynchronous arc after its scheduled launch in the third quarter of 2020.<\/p>\n<p>GapSat currently offers interim satellite solutions fulfilling the short to medium-term needs of satellite operators through provision of underutilized in orbit assets or development of new satellites for specialty missions.&nbsp; Once launched, GapSat-1 will add Bring-Into-Use (BIU) services to the company\u2019s portfolio GapSat CEO&nbsp;Gregg Daffner said that the use of the V\/Q bands would help push the envelope of wideband services that can be offered via satellite.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been working on developing our own satellites for several years and it is terrific to have finally found a credible partner to execute on a technical solution that meets our business objectives. Terran Orbital showed a unique business approach defining a highly flexible, reconfigurable satellite at a cost that closes our business case and will provide our customers with the tailored capacity they need.\u201d Daffner said in a statement. \u201cLess CAPEX intensive by nature, this new class of satellites offers unique opportunities to scale up capacity and explore new business models for established operators and new market entrants ensuring a faster allocation of the full capacity of the satellite.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>British Virgin Islands-based GapSat has commissioned its first geosynchronous satellite, GapSat-1, from California-based manufacturer Terran Orbital, which will outfit the spacecraft with&nbsp;a multi-band system offering wide band solutions in C-, Ku-, Ka-, Q-, and V-bands, and an electric propulsion system . The spacecraft will be injected directly into the geosynchronous arc after its scheduled launch [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":55936,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64136"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/55936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}