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Hylas

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CommunicationsGEOCOSPAR 2010-065ALaunched 11/26/2010
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Mission & Launch
Launch Mission
IS-17/Hylas 1
Launch Vehicle
Ariane 5ECA
Launch Date
11/26/2010
Last Contact
11/4/2024
Orbit & Mass
Orbit Class
GEO
Altitude
35,787.5 km
Inclination
0.05 deg
Dry Mass
1,125 kg
Total Mass
2,570 kg
Payload Classification
Mission Type
Communications
Payload Category
COM
Payload Class
B
Organizations
Operator
Avanti
Manufacturer
Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Registry
COSPAR ID
2010-065A
UN Registration
ST/SG/SER.E/618
Track
Mentions
21
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Avanti operates a fleet of four HYLAS Ka-band satellites that offer 50GHz of capacity and cover more than 1.7 billion people in 118 countries.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0May 21, 2024Avanti Communications accredits StarWin’s Ka-band LeopardWin + Leopard terminals
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Avanti’s HYLAS Ka-band satellites provide coverage for more than 1.7 billion people in 118 countries.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Oct 30, 2023StarWin + Avanti Communications bring SOTM capabilities to Africa

Avanti’s HYLAS Ka-band satellites offer 50 GHz of capacity.

CapabilityValue 4.0Oct 30, 2023StarWin + Avanti Communications bring SOTM capabilities to Africa

Avanti’s fleet of four HYLAS Ka-band satellites offers 50 GHz of capacity and covers more than 1.7 billion people in 118 countries.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Sep 15, 2023ThinKom secures type approval for Avanti Communications’ HYLAS Ka-band satellites

HYLAS 4 (HYLAS Africa) operates at 34° West.

CapabilityValue 3.0May 30, 2023Avanti’s new antenna in Dakar completes second phase of HYLAS 4 satellite gateway project

Hylas 3, Avanti Communications’ latest satellite, launched in August 2019.

GeneralPlanValue 4.0Jul 25, 2022Streamlined and ready for Africa’s growth markets: Q&A with Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill

Avanti Communications identified monetizing Hylas-3 and increasing service in about 10 to 12 tougher African countries, including Zimbabwe and the Democratic Republic of Congo, as priorities to raise fleet fill rates.

GrowthFinancialValue 3.8Jul 25, 2022Streamlined and ready for Africa’s growth markets: Q&A with Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill

Viasat Energy Services plans to leverage Avanti’s HYLAS capacity beginning in calendar 2022-07-01.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Jun 26, 2022Avanti Communications + Viasat enter a long-term capacity agreement targeting the energy sector

Viasat Energy Services plans to leverage Avanti’s HYLAS capacity beginning in calendar 2022-07-01.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.2Jun 23, 2022Avanti Communications and Viasat Energy Services sign long term Ka-band capacity lease agreement targeting the energy sector

Avanti’s HYLAS HTS Ka-band beams will be deployed over the UK and Scotland to support IoT satellite services with hiSky.

CapabilityRelationshipsPlanValue 4.0Sep 6, 2021IoT Network As A Service Offering For The British Isles + EMEA Is Resultant Of hiSky + Avanti Communications Cooperation

Avanti Communications provides dedicated fixed and flexible-beam Ka-band satellite connectivity through the HYLAS satellite fleet and partners in 118 countries.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 2, 2021Viasat Ramps Satellite Services in the Middle East and Western Europe Ahead of ViaSat-3 Launch; Signs Ka-Band Capacity Lease Deal with Avanti Communications

Hylas-3 is a hosted payload with eight steerable beams that launched in mid-2019 as part of Airbus and the European Space Agency’s EDRS-C satellite.

CapabilityPlanValue 4.0Sep 15, 2020After downsizing, Avanti focusing on fleet fill rate, mulls small GEO satellites

Avanti’s Hylas-3 hosted payload is scheduled to launch in late July aboard Airbus and the European Space Agency’s European Data Relay Satellite C with the payload and host satellite launching on an Ariane 5 rocket.

PlanCapabilityGeneralValue 4.0Jun 18, 2019Overhauled business plan bearing fruit, Avanti says

Avanti’s Hylas-3 hosted payload was originally expected to launch in 2015.

PlanValue 3.0Jun 18, 2019Overhauled business plan bearing fruit, Avanti says

Avanti forecasts overall revenues to increase 67 percent in 2019 and an additional 30 percent in 2020 largely through new government customers on Hylas-4 and the upcoming Hylas-3 hosted payload.

FinancialGrowthPlanValue 4.0Jun 18, 2019Overhauled business plan bearing fruit, Avanti says

Hylas-3 is a 9 gigabits-per-second payload with steerable Ka-band beams included on Airbus and the European Space Agency’s European Data Relay Satellite C.

CapabilityGeneralValue 4.5May 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line

Hylas-3 was supplied by OHB and was originally expected to launch in 2015 but ran into manufacturing delays.

RelationshipsPlanValue 4.0May 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line

Once in orbit, Hylas-3 will join Avanti’s fleet of three Ka-band satellites covering Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.

PlanGeneralValue 3.8May 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line

Avanti expects a swing to growth in 2019 due to customers on the Hylas-4 satellite and the upcoming Hylas-3 hosted payload.

GrowthFinancialValue 3.2May 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line

Hylas-3 hosted payload is scheduled to launch on 2019-07-24 on an Ariane 5 rocket.

PlanGeneralValue 4.0May 28, 2019Avanti secures $55 million credit line