Satellite footprints

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) at 145° East

Position:145° East
Manufacturer:Space Systems/Loral (SS/L)
Operator:NBN Co. Ltd. (NBN)
Launch operator:Arianespace
Launch vehicle:Ariane 5ECA
Launch date:10/05/2016
Expected lifetime:15+ Years

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B), built by Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) operates in geostationary orbit of 145° East. The satellite was launched in a dual launch with GSAT-18 for satellite operator ISRO from India, on October 5th, 2016 by Arianespace on an Ariane 5ECA launcher.

The Sky Muster satellites have 101 spot-beams which are focused satellite signals specially concentrated in power and cover a specific geographic area. The electromagnetic Ka-band spot beams are used to carry information from the End-users equipment on the ground to the satellites. Each satellite offers 80Gbps of bandwidth. The two satellites will provide high-speed brodband service to 400,000 Australian homes and businesses in rural and remote Australia and were designed to provide service for at least 15 years.

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) at 145° East

Sky Muster satellite at SSL
Sky Muster II prepared by Arianespace
Sky Muster II arrive in French Guiana
Sky Muster II ready for launch

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) at 145° East

Arianespace Launchkit Sky Muster II

Sky Muster II (NBN-Co 1B) at 145° East

NBN Sky Muster spot-beams2
NBN Sky Muster spot-beams