{"id":81813,"date":"2012-12-20T18:32:53","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T10:32:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/british-skynet-satellite-successfully-launched\/"},"modified":"2012-12-20T18:32:53","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T10:32:53","slug":"british-skynet-satellite-successfully-launched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/british-skynet-satellite-successfully-launched\/","title":{"rendered":"British Skynet Satellite Successfully Launched"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: Skynet, United Kingdom, Astrium, Satellite Launch<br \/>\nPublication: BBC.co.uk<br \/>\nPublication Date: 12\/19\/2012<\/p>\n<table width=\"150\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" cellpadding=\"6\" cellspacing=\"2\" margin=\"5\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"169\" hspace=\"0\" align=\"right\" alt=\"\" src=\"\/Assets\/Image\/skynet5d.jpg\"><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<i>Artist\u2019s rendition of the Skynet 5D satellite.<\/i><br \/>\nImage credit: Astrium\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Arianespace<\/strong> successfully launched the five-tonne Skynet-5D satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The new British telecommunications satellite will complement the mission of three other satellites already in operation to allow the country\u2019s armed forces stay connected around the globe. <\/p>\n<p>The Skynet system includes radio equipment deployed on ships, vehicles and on the field directly into the hands of troops. It has been reported as the United Kingdom\u2019s largest space project.  <\/p>\n<p>Skynet is run by a public-private alliance between Britain\u2019s Ministry of Defense and <strong>Astrium<\/strong>. The United Kingdom pays an annuity to the company in order to receive guaranteed bandwidth with space capacity to sell to allies. The system offers high security, with capability to resist attempts to disable it using lasers or jamming the operations with rogue signals. <\/p>\n<p>The 5D satellite\u2019s UHF payload has been updated to allow it to provide more than double the number of channels compared to its partner satellites, the 5A, 5B and 5C. This means the satellite will support connectivity for soldiers in forward deployments with backpack radios and other \u201ccomms on the move\u201d operations. <\/p>\n<p>According to reports, Astrium is planning on buying more X-band capacity from a Canadian satellite scheduled for launch next year. This would give the UK almost full global coverage. <\/p>\n<p>The 5D satellite will most likely be the last on this Skynet system generation. It has been reported that Astrium and the Ministry of Defense have engaged in talks for a possible follow-on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tags: Skynet, United Kingdom, Astrium, Satellite Launch Publication: BBC.co.uk Publication Date: 12\/19\/2012 Artist\u2019s rendition of the Skynet 5D satellite. Image credit: Astrium Arianespace successfully launched the five-tonne Skynet-5D satellite from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana. The new British telecommunications satellite will complement the mission of three other satellites already in operation to allow the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"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-81813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81813"}],"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=81813"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81813\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81813"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=81813"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=81813"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}