High-throughput satellite

High-throughput satellite (HTS) is a communications satellite that provides more throughput than a classic FSS satellite (at least twice, though usually by a factor of 20 or more[1]) for the same amount of allocated orbital spectrum, thus significantly reducing cost-per-bit.[2] ViaSat-1 and EchoStar XVII (also known as Jupiter-1[3]) do provide more than 100 Gbit/s of capacity, which is more than 100 times the capacity offered by a conventional FSS satellite.[4] When it was launched in October 2011 ViaSat-1 had more capacity (140 Gbit/s) than all other commercial communications satellites over North America combined.[5]

  1. ^ Rajesh Mehrotra (7 October 2011). "Regulation of Global Broadband Satellite Communications" (PDF). discussion paper. ITU. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  2. ^ Patrick M. French (7 May 2009). "High Throughput Satellites (HTS) are pushing open the satellite market door" (PDF). guest column. Near Earth LLC. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 19 July 2012.
  3. ^ Krebs, Gunter. "Echostar 17 / Jupiter 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 9 July 2012.
  4. ^ Peter B. de Selding (18 March 2010). "Satellite Broadband Industry Looks To Overcome Image Problem". news article. Spacenews.com. Archived from the original on February 2, 2013. Retrieved 22 July 2012.
  5. ^ Jonathan Amos (22 October 2011). "Viasat broadband 'super-satellite' launches". news article. BBC. Retrieved 22 July 2012.

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