Jupiter 3 is a high-throughput GEO satellite for North America that an undisclosed launch provider is slated to loft in the second half of 2022.
Hughes is developing the JUPITER 3 Ultra-High Density Satellite expected to launch in the second half of 2022 to help meet broadband demand.
Until Jupiter-3 is available, Hughes is using capacity from Telesat’s T-19 Vantage satellite to maintain service.
Until Jupiter-3 is available, Hughes is using capacity from Eutelsat’s 65 West A satellite to maintain service.
Until Jupiter-3 is available, Hughes is using capacity from Yahsat’s Al Yah-3 satellite to maintain service.
Hughes’ Jupiter-3 satellite is planned for launch in the second half of 2021.
Maxar Technologies is building the Jupiter-3 communications satellite for EchoStar to bolster Ka-band capacity in North and South America.
EchoStar has selected a launch vehicle for the Jupiter-3 satellite but has not yet announced which vehicle it selected.
EchoStar delayed the launch of its Jupiter-3 communications satellite to the second half of 2022 due in part to COVID-19 restrictions and production issues with certain components.
Jupiter 3 is a 500 gigabit-per-second Ka-band satellite intended to expand broadband capacity over North and South America.
EchoStar Corp. plans to launch the Jupiter 3 broadband satellite in the first quarter of 2022 and has not yet selected a launch provider.
EchoStar originally planned to launch Jupiter 3 in 2021 before the COVID-19 pandemic slowed satellite manufacturing and created uncertainty in the launch market.
Hughes’ next satellite, the 500-gigabit-per-second Jupiter-3, is projected to launch in the second half of 2021.
EchoStar ordered a 500 gigabit-per-second Ka-band satellite named Jupiter-3 from Maxar Technologies in 2017.
EchoStar originally planned to launch the Jupiter-3 satellite in 2021 to provide growth capacity over North and South America for its satellite internet business.
EchoStar’s current best estimate is that the Jupiter-3 satellite will launch in the second half of 2021.
Hughes is deciding who will launch its Jupiter-3 satellite in 2021.
EchoStar executives continue to evaluate ways to add capacity while awaiting the launch of Jupiter-3, a half-terabit satellite Maxar Technologies is building for a 2021 launch.
EchoStar said the launch of Jupiter-3 in 2021 will provide fresh Ka-band capacity in North and South America and Maxar Technologies is building the satellite.
Maxar Technologies equates the 500-Gbps Jupiter-3 satellite ordered by Hughes Network Systems to building three regular GEO satellite orders.