"Space Communications" will begin to connect subscribers to broadband satellite Internet in May

Satellite modem Surfbeam 2 at 40/10 Mbit / s (receive / transmit), Ka-band; outdoor unit supplied with modem: transceiver and antenna 0.75 m

December 25, 2015 at 0:31:19 Moscow time from the Baikonur cosmodrome, the Proton-M launch vehicle was launched with the next Russian telecommunications spacecraft of the Express-AMU1 heavy class. On January 1, 2016, the satellite was successfully transferred from a geo-transfer to geostationary orbit . Completed work on the disclosure of solar panels. In February, the spacecraft passed flight tests and was put into operation .

The high-tech satellite Express-AMU1 is equipped with Ka-band transponders for broadband data transmission in the European part of the Russian Federation.


Ka-coverage area
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Ka-band is a range located above the Ku-band. As a rule, for the downlink, frequencies of 18.3-18.8 GHz (B-band) and 19.7-20.2 GHz (A-band) are used, that is, two spectral regions of 500 MHz each.

Together with other devices of the Express-AM series , the new satellite provides coverage in the Ka-band for most of the European territory of Russia and all the southern borders to the Far East. This territory is home to 90% of the population.


Production of the spacecraft Express-AM4R (Astrium Satellites, Toulouse, France)

Today, the deputy. Director General for Innovative Development of the Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Space Communications" announced that the company plans to start connecting subscribers of Russia to the broadband satellite Internet in the Ka-band in May 2016.

“In April, we are starting test trials. In May, we will begin the first commercial connections, ”said Buidinov.

The specialist added that the advantage of the Ka-band connection is the small size of the subscriber equipment and its relatively low price.

“Satellite communications: a new era” (RBC-TV), interview with Yevgeny Buidinov