{"id":70452,"date":"2016-07-21T18:48:01","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:48:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/thales-alenia-space-finishes-europasat-construction-for-inmarsat-ifc-network-2\/"},"modified":"2016-07-21T18:48:01","modified_gmt":"2016-07-21T10:48:01","slug":"thales-alenia-space-finishes-europasat-construction-for-inmarsat-ifc-network-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/thales-alenia-space-finishes-europasat-construction-for-inmarsat-ifc-network-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Thales Alenia Space Finishes Europasat Construction for Inmarsat IFC Network"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 07-21-2016] <strong>Thales Alenia Space <\/strong>has completed the construction, integration and associated sub-system tests of <strong>Inmarsat<\/strong>\u2019s Europasat satellite for the European Aviation Network (EAN) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution. The manufacturer finished the satellite on schedule following an extensive two-year build process in Toulouse and Cannes, France. The satellite is now undergoing rigorous system end-to-end testing before it is declared ready for flight in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Europasat is half of a joint satellite between Inmarsat and <strong>Hellas Sat<\/strong>, with&nbsp;Hellas-Sat\u2019s payload, Hellas Sat 3, carrying 44 Ku-band transponders plus one for Ka-band. Along with the space segment, EAN also leverages an Air-to-Ground (ATG) network across the European Union (EU). Inmarsat partner <strong>Deutsche Telekom <\/strong>will operate the ATG LTE network of approximately 300 towers. The satellite has been custom-designed to provide Mobile Satellite Services (MSS) to aircraft flying over dense European routes, exploiting Inmarsat\u2019s 30MHz (2 x 15MHz) S-band spectrum allocation in all 28 EU member states, plus Norway and Switzerland. Aircraft will switch automatically between satellite and terrestrial connectivity using an on\u2013board network communicator.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe European Aviation Network \u2026 will offer unprecedented high-speed capacity at 75Mbps with near zero latency while flying over Europe, so passengers can enjoy an easy-to-use true broadband experience for internet streaming, gaming and other online services direct to their personal smart devices,\u201d said Leo Mondale, president of Inmarsat Aviation.<\/p>\n<p>Over the coming months, the satellite will undergo thermal vacuum, mechanical and acoustic testing to ensure it operates nominally. Once these tests are complete, <strong>SpaceX<\/strong> will prepare the satellite for launch at Cape Canaveral in Florida. The launch, originally envisioned for 2016, is now scheduled to take place in 2017.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[Via Satellite 07-21-2016] Thales Alenia Space has completed the construction, integration and associated sub-system tests of Inmarsat\u2019s Europasat satellite for the European Aviation Network (EAN) In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution. The manufacturer finished the satellite on schedule following an extensive two-year build process in Toulouse and Cannes, France. The satellite is now undergoing rigorous system end-to-end [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":70454,"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-70452","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\/70452"}],"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=70452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70452\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70454"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}