HYLAS 2

• Reverse direction: 6 active transponders with 90 W TWTAs

HYLAS 2 (Highly Adaptable Satellite 2) is a commercial communications satellite company AVANTI Communications from the UK. He is the second satellite of the company after the start of HYLAS 1 in November 2010.

He was taken on August 2, 2012 at 20:54 UTC by an Ariane 5 rocket from the Kourou launch site (along with Intelsat 20) into a geostationary transfer orbit. After separation from the rocket 34 minutes after launch, the satellite reached its geostationary end position with a private drive. It was the total fiftieth consecutive successful Ariane 5 rocket in series, in which even with transporting a payload of 10.2 tonnes into geostationary transfer orbit ( GTO), a new record was set last.

Of the three -axis stabilized satellite 24 is provided with end-user Ka-band, and six gateway transponders and two extendable reflector antennas with six faces, and a pivotable nadir antenna. He is with data communication services provide (broadband Internet for companies and video transmissions ) from position 33.5 ° West0 - 33.5 from Europe, the Middle East, and East and South Africa. It was built on the basis of the satellite bus STAR 2.4e Orbital Sciences Corporation and has a design life of 15 years.