Surrey Satellite Technology Limited completed its first geostationary satellite platform for the Eutelsat Quantum telecom satellite.
Surrey Satellite Technology Limited completed its first geostationary satellite platform for the Eutelsat Quantum telecom satellite.
Airbus built Eutelsat Quantum in the United Kingdom on a platform from its subsidiary Surrey Satellite Technology Limited.
Eutelsat Quantum is based on a platform developed by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM was developed with Airbus Defence and Space and the European Space Agency (ESA) for operator Eutelsat.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM operates in Ku-band with eight independent reconfigurable beams.
The satellite technologies for Eutelsat Quantum were developed and manufactured in the United Kingdom and in Spain, with additional contributions from companies based in Canada, Italy, Norway, and the Netherlands.
As of July 20, 2021, EUTELSAT QUANTUM had been fuelled with propellant and oxidiser in preparation for launch.
EUTELSAT reported that both solar panels and the reflector on EUTELSAT QUANTUM were successfully deployed during post-launch operations.
As of August 15, 2022, Eutelsat had sold six of EUTELSAT QUANTUM's eight Ku-band beams to customers.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM has a launch mass of approximately 3.5 tonnes.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM has a payload mass of approximately 450 kg.
As of July 26, 2021, EUTELSAT QUANTUM had been mated to its Ariane 5 launcher and placed on board the rocket.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM launched on 30 July 2021 on an Ariane 5 from the Guiana Space Centre (Kourou) on mission VA254.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM was developed under a public-private partnership between the European Space Agency, operator Eutelsat, and Airbus with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd providing the platform.
EUTELSAT QUANTUM has a payload power of 5.5 kW.
Eutelsat has three satellites launching in 2019 that will provide new expansion capacity: Eutelsat-7C, Eutelsat Quantum, and Konnect.
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 Quantum completed radio frequency testing in Toulouse, France on 2020-07-27 during which its reconfigurable payload was activated to ensure proper function.
Eutelsat Quantum was ordered in 2015 as part of a public-private partnership partly funded through the European Space Agency’s Advanced Research in Telecommunications Systems (ARTES) program.