EchoStar’s Jupiter-3 broadband satellite is delivering download speeds of up to 100 megabits per second to early customers.
Hughesnet plans powered by JUPITER 3 feature download speeds up to 100 Mbps.
The side boosters for the USSF-52 Falcon Heavy will be making their fifth flight after previously supporting USSF-44, USSF-67, Hughes JUPITER 3, and NASA’s Psyche missions.
L3Harris designed and delivered four reflectors for the Hughes JUPITER 3 satellite, which is the largest commercial communications satellite ever built.
Jupiter-3 launched to geostationary transfer orbit on 2023-07-28 aboard a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket.
L3Harris Technologies designed and delivered four reflectors for the largest commercial communications satellite ever built, JUPITER 3.
Jupiter-3 reached its 95 degrees west orbital slot at an altitude of 35,786 km.
Jupiter-3 is expected to provide more than 500 gigabits per second of broadband capacity for HughesNet customers, including airlines, corporations, governments, and consumers in North and South America.
The L3Harris-built reflectors onboard Jupiter-3 are based on materials and configurations used on similar communications satellites and utilize flight-proven materials and subassemblies.
Jupiter-3 will double the capacity of EchoStar’s fleet and provide ubiquitous connectivity throughout the Americas to serve customers beyond the reach of cable and fiber internet.
L3Harris deployed Jupiter-3’s four large reflector antennas on 2023-11-20.
Maxar Technologies built the nine-metric-ton Ka-band Jupiter-3 satellite.
JUPITER 3 was launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
JUPITER 3 is built on the Maxar 1300 platform.
Maxar Space Systems manufactured the JUPITER 3 spacecraft in its Northern California facility.
JUPITER 3 will provide more than 500 Gbps of additional broadband capacity across North and South America.
JUPITER 3 includes 14 solar panels that, when fully deployed, could span a 10-story building.
JUPITER 3 will support Hughes Network Systems’ efforts to provide internet access to rural customers across the Americas and to enable applications such as in-flight Wi-Fi, enterprise networking, and cellular backhaul for mobile network operators.
JUPITER 3 will power new HughesNet satellite internet plans, including HughesNet Fusion Plans that use multipath technology to reduce latency.
JUPITER 3 will join the Hughes JUPITER fleet, which includes two other Maxar-built spacecraft.