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Ariane Launches TIBA-1 And Inmarsat GX5

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rianespace recently orbited two
geostationary satellites: TIBA1, for Thales Alenia Space and Airbus
Defence and Space on behalf of the
Government of Egypt; and GX5 for the
operator Inmarsat.
The launch took place from the
Guiana Space Center (CSG), Europe's
Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana
(South America).
With this latest success, Arianespace
marked the 250th Ariane mission, a
series that started with the first launch
on December 24, 1979.
Following the launch, Arianespace
Chief Executive Officer Stéphane Israël
said: "Arianespace is very proud to
have launched the 250th Ariane on our
eighth mission of the year, for Thales
Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and
Space on behalf of the Government
of Egypt, and for a leading operator,
Inmarsat, which has entrusted Ariane
for 10 of its satellite launches.
"Over the past 40 years, the
Ariane family has guaranteed both
autonomous access to space for
Europe and record availability for
customers from around the world.
Therefore, Arianespace fulfils its

fundamental mission: to put space at
the service of a better life on Earth.
And the Ariane story will continue next
year with the advent of Ariane 6, that
perfectly addresses the evolving needs
of our customers."
TIBA-1 is a civil and government
telecommunications satellite for Egypt
developed by Thales Alenia Space and
Airbus Defense and Space as co-prime
contractors. Thales Alenia Space is the
consortium's lead, and Airbus Defense
and Space is the direct Arianespace
customer for this mission. TIBA-1
will be owned and operated by the
government of Egypt.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence
and Space TIBA-1 and Inmarsat's GX5

VA250 orbited TIBA-1 and GX5

TIBA-1 is the fourth satellite to be
launched by Arianespace for Egypt,
with Arianespace having deployed
the three satellites for the operator
Nilesat between 1998 and 2010. TIBA1 also is the 22nd satellite launched
by Arianespace for a mission in the
cooperation between Airbus Defense
and Space and Thales Alenia Space.
GX5 marks the 10th time since 1981
that Inmarsat has chosen Arianespace,
reflecting the strength of this longstanding partnership.
Inmarsat
GX5
is
a
mobile
communications satellite built by

Thales Alenia Space for Inmarsat. It
will provide mobile services across
the Middle East, Europe and the Indian
sub-continent.
As the most advanced satellite in
the GX constellation, GX5 will deliver
greater capacity than the entire
existing GX fleet combined (GX1-GX4).
A very high throughput satellite
(VHTS), GX5 will address the rapid
growth in customer demand for GX
services in Europe and the Middle East,
particularly for satellite Ka-band Wi-Fi
services from the Global Xpress (GX)
fleet.

WORK Microwave Teams Up With SAIT
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ORK Microwave has announced
a new partnership with SAIT,
a leader in the high-throughput data
handling and transmission systems
for small satellites and manned space
systems, to provide downlinks for
CubeSat and SmallSat applications.
Recently, the companies completed
a
successful
communication
transmission test between WORK
Microwave's industry-leading AR-80
wideband demodulator and SAIT's
space qualified transceiver, proving
that their combined solution is
ready to power space, commercial,
government, and science missions.
"Performance is an important
metric of satellite communications
equipment, especially for space
missions,"
said
Andrew
Kuzmenko, CTO at SAIT.
"Teaming up with WORK
Microwave, we are able to provide
an extremely powerful and reliable
solution for space-born missions and
satellite earth observation."
SAIT's transmitter portfolio supports
everything from CubeSats to large
satellites and deep space spacecraft,
offering up to 10 years' design life.

The company's downlink transmitters
feature the industry's highest
throughput,
state-of-theart
adaptive
error
correction coding and
modulation,
flexible
interface options, and
small size, weight, and
WORK Microwave AR-80 wideband demodulator
power.
Seamless
integration
between industry's
lowest
price
points
SAIT's space transceiver and WORK for specialised satellite downlink
Microwave's
AR-80
wideband receivers.
demodulator ensures that satellite "From a technology perspective,
downlink operations run smoothly. SAIT and WORK Microwave are
WORK
Microwave's
AR-80 very compatible, each bringing
demodulator offers an unparalleled distinct expertise to the satellite
high performance at one of the communications
domain,"
said
Joerg Rockstroh, Director of Digital
Products, WORK Microwave. "Our AR80 demodulator supports SAIT with
efficient downlinks from their CubeSat
transmitters, featuring 1+Gbps
throughput to address the
needs of mission customers."
The combined solution was
shown at Space Tech Expo Europe
2019 in Bremen, Germany.
SAIT is a leader in the high-throughput
data handling and transmission
WORK Microwave
systems for small satellites and
CubeSat transmitter

manned
space
systems,
producing high-speed (1+
Gbps)
X-band
downlink
transmitters and on-board
memory units.
In addition, SAIT build
innovative
synthetic
aperture radar system for
small satellites.
WORK Microwave leverages
over 30 years of experience to
anticipate market needs and apply
an innovative and creative approach
to the development of frequency
converters, DVB-S2/S2X equipment,
and other digital signal processing
technologies,
while
maintaining
the highest standards for quality,
reliability, and performance.
WORK
Microwave's
Satellite
Communication division develops
and manufactures high-performance,
advanced satellite communications
equipment for telecommunications
companies, broadcasters, integrators,
and government organisations that
are operating satellite earth stations,
satellite news gathering vehicles,
flyaways, and other mobile or portable
satellite communication solutions.
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