Hughes Network Systems’ Jupiter-3 and Eutelsat Communications’ Konnect VHTS are the next-highest-capacity geostationary systems under development and are expected to provide about 500 gigabits per second of capacity when they launch in 2021.
Jupiter-3 is scheduled to launch in 2021 and EchoStar has not announced a launch provider for the satellite.
EchoStar has a satellite under construction with Maxar Technologies called Jupiter-3 that is designed to offer 500 gigabits per second of capacity for internet connectivity.
The joint venture will gain more capacity when Jupiter-3, a half-terabit satellite from Maxar Technologies, launches in 2021.
Jupiter-3 (EchoStar-24) is projected to have more than 500 gigabits per second of total capacity when it launches in 2021.
Xplornet signed a contract worth more than $250,000,000 spread out over 15 years for 50 gigabits per second of capacity plus gateway infrastructure, consumer terminals, and operational and support services on Jupiter-3.
Maxar Technologies is building Jupiter-3 (also known as EchoStar-24).
EchoStar ordered the Jupiter-3 satellite from Space Systems Loral in 2017.
EchoStar’s Jupiter-3 satellite is slated to launch in 2021.
Jupiter-3’s planned capacity of about 500–600 Gbps is more than two and a half times the 220 Gbps capacity of Jupiter-2.
Space Systems Loral is the manufacturer of Jupiter-3 and is downsizing and potentially closing its geostationary satellite production business, posing risks for the Jupiter-3 program.
The Jupiter-3 satellite contract SSL won from Hughes in 2017 was worth two to four times a typical satellite order.