Thuraya-4-NGS

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) has established a Program Management Office (PMO) for Thuraya 4-NGS.

Thuraya 4-NGS will use a 12-meter L-band antenna.

Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) and Airbus completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite.

Yahsat and Airbus completed a preliminary design review to construct the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite, which will target maritime, internet of things devices, and data solutions.

Yahsat holds an option with Airbus to build Thuraya 5-NGS, an additional satellite identical to Thuraya 4-NGS.

Yahsat’s program to build Thuraya 4-NGS entails a complete overhaul of Thuraya’s space and ground platforms to enable new services, products, and solutions across a greater coverage area.

Airbus Defence and Space is building the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite for Yahsat’s Thuraya mobile voice and data connectivity subsidiary.

Cobham SATCOM will provide ground infrastructure and products to operate as part of the Thuraya 4-NGS mobile broadband system.

Airbus Defence and Space is building the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite for UAE-based Yahsat.

Thuraya 4-NGS will replace two Boeing-built L-band voice and data satellites that remain in service despite exceeding their design life.

Airbus, SpaceX, and Cobham were selected to support the construction of Thuraya 4-NGS.

Thuraya 4-NGS is an L-band satellite being built by Airbus.

Thuraya 4-NGS was announced in August of 2020 as part of a $500,000,000 program to transform Thuraya’s space and ground systems and enable the company’s next-generation products and solutions portfolio.

The Thuraya 4-NGS PMO will oversee the design, assembly, integration, and testing phases of the satellite subsystems and focus on timely delivery of the spacecraft for launch in late 2023.

Thuraya 4-NGS is part of a program delivering a new L-band ecosystem that upgrades Thuraya’s space, ground, and user product and solutions segments.

Yahsat plans to support the Thuraya 4-NGS system with a 0.005 kg-ready ground network.

Airbus has been selected by Al Yah Satellite Communications Company (Yahsat) to build Thuraya 4-NGS.

Thuraya 4-NGS will offer optimized usage of capacity through improved dynamic resource allocation to optimize network and overall service quality.

Yahsat’s Thuraya 4-NGS project reinforces Airbus Defence and Space’s position as a leading provider of electric propulsion geostationary satellites.

Thuraya 4-NGS will incorporate a 12-meter L-band antenna and a payload with on-board processing that provides routing flexibility of up to 3200 channels with dynamic power allocation over a large number of spot beams.