Energia-100 Explained

Energia-100 (Энергия-100)
Mission Type:Communication
Operator:Rostelecom
Spacecraft:Energia-100
Spacecraft Bus:USP Bus
Manufacturer:RSC Energia
Launch Date:Planned: TBD
Launch Rocket:Soyuz-2.1b / Fregat
Launch Site:Vostochny Cosmodrome
Launch Contractor:Roscosmos
Orbit Reference:GEO
Trans Band:Ka band 100 Gbps

Energia-100 (Russian: Russian: '''Энергия-100''') is a planned geostationary communications satellite built by the Russian company RSC Energia for its subsidiary Energia-Telecom (Russian: Russian: '''Энергия-Телеком'''). The whole bandwidths has been leased to the JSC RTComm.RU (Russian: Russian: '''АО РТКомм.РУ''') subsidiary of Rostelecom. Initially, it was planned to be launched in 2018 by a Soyuz-2.1b/Fregat rocket from the Vostochny Cosmodrome.

Payload

While still based on the USP Bus, the payload is one of the high throughput Ka band that offers 100 Gbit/s of bandwidth. It has been stated that it is equivalen to 1,500 transponders of low bandwidth band.

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