NEWSAT has entered into a contract with Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems, who will construct the Jabiru-1 satellite.
Jabiru-1 will incorporate an advanced Ka-band payload which will provide high-powered satellite coverage across growth regions over the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The large Jabiru-1 spacecraft will utilise Lockheed Martin’s proven A2100 series spacecraft and is designed for an in-orbit life of 15 years.
The construction of the Jabiru-1 satellite will commence immediately and is scheduled for launch in the second half of 2014.
The Jabiru-1 is slated to be Australia’s first independently owned commercial satellite. It will also be NewSat’s first geostationary communications satellite. It will provide bandwidth to military, defence, government and resources markets.
NewSat is Australia’s largest specialist satellite communications company, delivering Internet, voice, data and video communications via satellite.
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