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Optus-11 is a Ku-band communications satellite scheduled to launch in the second half of 2023 to provide services to the Australia and New Zealand zone.
Arianespace secured a contract with Australian operator SingTel Optus to launch the Optus-11 communications satellite on Ariane 6 in 2023.
The Optus-11 satellite will make SingTel Optus’s geostationary constellation the largest ever deployed by an Australian company.
The Optus-11 satellite will expand the capacity of SingTel Optus’s current geostationary orbit constellation.
The Optus-11 launch will use the Ariane 64 configuration of the Ariane 6 launcher with four solid boosters.
The Ariane 64 configuration for the Optus-11 mission provides enhanced performance to inject the satellite into a high-energy geostationary transfer orbit.
The first SPRINT reflectors will equip Inmarsat, Optus, Intelsat, and SKY Perfect JSAT satellites produced by Airbus.
0.005 kg subscriptions’ share in Australia is expected to grow from 5.7% in 2020 to 34.2% in 2025 supported by 0.005 kg network expansions by Telstra, Optus, and Vodafone Australia.
Telstra led the Australian mobile services market in terms of mobile subscriptions in 2020, followed by Optus.
Australian operator Optus ordered a OneSat satellite, Optus 11, in July 2020.
Airbus Defence & Space announced orders in 2020 to sell one satellite to Australian satellite operator Optus.
Airbus Defence and Space won the contract to build the Optus-11 satellite for Optus.
Optus, Yahsat and Arabsat each ordered a satellite from Airbus in 2020, and Hispasat ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space.
Optus-11 will expand Optus’ fleet to six geostationary satellites.
Optus plans to locate Optus-11 at the 160 degrees East orbital slot for coverage over Australia, New Zealand and part of Antarctica.
Optus-11 will support Optus’ cellular network by backhauling data and will support the Australian government’s Mobile Black Spot Program, a 380 million Australian dollar effort to fund telecommunications infrastructure in Australia.
Optus is Airbus’ second customer for the OneSat platform following Inmarsat’s three-satellite order in 2019.
Optus-11 will be built on Airbus’ OneSat platform with a reconfigurable payload that can steer and reassign beams for different customers and services.
Airbus Defence and Space will build a geostationary communications satellite for Optus.
Optus-11 will add capacity and resilience to Optus’ satellite fleet and will enable broadcast customers to tailor dynamic video delivery via IP streaming and provide broadband customers with better performance and higher individual throughputs.