Syracuse 4B was built by a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space to provide communications for the French military.
SYRACUSE 4A and SYRACUSE 4B manage X-band and Ka-band resources to support forces deployed across their coverage area.
SYRACUSE 4B was launched to orbit on 2023-07-06 as a payload passenger on the final Ariane 5 launch.
SYRACUSE 4B embarks the same payload as SYRACUSE 4A, with the payload built by Thales Alenia Space and key components provided by Airbus.
SYRACUSE 4A and SYRACUSE 4B manage X-band and Ka-band resources to provide increased operational flexibility across their coverage area.
SYRACUSE 4B embarks the same payload as SYRACUSE 4A, with SYRACUSE 4A’s payload built by Thales Alenia Space and key components provided by Airbus.
SYRACUSE 4B is built to defend French sovereignty and to support operations led by NATO and the EU.
Airbus Defence and Space is responsible for SYRACUSE 4B, which is based on the all-electric version of the Eurostar platform, and supplies critical elements of both payloads.
Syracuse 4B is a 3,570-kilogram satellite developed by a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space using an Airbus Eurostar 3000 bus.
Arianespace’s backlog currently includes 20 Airbus Defence and Space built satellites including CERES (x3), SYRACUSE 4B (COMSAT NG 2), EUTELSAT QUANTUM, METOP-SG A1, METOP-SG B1, THEOS-2, CSO 3, Pléiades Neo (x3), JUICE, Measat-3d, Biomass, EarthCARE, and CO3D (x4).