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Hughes JUPITER 3 satellite launches a new era of connectivity
Hughes Network Systems , an EchoStar company , has announced its JUPITER 3 ultra high-density satellite has successfully launched on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from historic Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39A in Florida .
Also known as EchoStar XXIV , JUPITER 3 was constructed by Maxar Technologies in Palo Alto , California and is engineered to deliver gigabytes of connectivity to customers across North and South America . miles above the Earth to its destination at the 95 degrees west orbital slot . It will then undergo extensive bus and payload testing before entering service and augmenting the Hughes JUPITER fleet with more than 500 Gbps additional capacity .
Akhavan said : “ Whether connecting a farmer in Idaho with the tools to monitor his crops or connecting a senior in Montana to a doctor via a telehealth appointment , JUPITER 3 will connect our customers to what matters most .”
With JUPITER 3 , Hughes will enhance its HughesNet offerings for customers in the US and Latin America with more broadband capacity overall and higher speed plans in many markets , some with download speeds up to 100 Mbps . The company will also offer higher speed HughesNet Fusion plans : an innovative low-latency home Internet that leverages multipath technology to seamlessly blend satellite and wireless technologies into a low-latency satellite Internet experience . p
With dense , high-throughput capacity across the Americas , JUPITER 3 will also support applications such as in-flight Wi-Fi , enterprise networking and cellular backhaul for Mobile Network Operators ( MNOs ).
Three hours and 28 minutes after lift-off , JUPITER 3 successfully deployed from the launch vehicle . The satellite began sending and receiving its first signals , and engineers deployed the JUPITER 3 solar arrays , which unfolded in space to their whole ten-story span .
Hamid Akhavan , CEO , EchoStar , said : “ JUPITER 3 is the highest capacity , highest performing satellite we have ever launched . As the leading provider and inventor of satellite Internet , we are proud to herald the start of a new era of connectivity and serve more customers where cable and fiber cannot .
“ This purpose-built satellite is engineered uniquely to meet our customers ’ needs and target capacity where it is needed most , such as the most rural regions of the Americas , so they can stay connected to the applications and services they depend on every day .”
Over the next several weeks , JUPITER 3 will travel into a geosynchronous orbit 22,236
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