Eutelsat estimates Eutelsat Quantum will generate around 40,000,000 EUR in annual revenue, similar to the average across its constellation of nearly 40 geostationary satellites.
Eutelsat has three satellites launching in 2019 that will provide new expansion capacity: Eutelsat-7C, Eutelsat Quantum, and Konnect.
SSTL will transfer the completed Eutelsat Quantum platform from its Guildford, U.K. facility to parent company Airbus for final assembly and testing in Toulouse, France.
Eutelsat Quantum features technology developed through the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program with support from the U.K. Space Agency.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited completed its first geostationary satellite platform for the Eutelsat Quantum telecom satellite.