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Symmetric satellite broadband on the way
Posted by: AndyJenkins on Monday, September 29, 2003 - 03:22 AM
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<P align=left>French company Eutelsat, has announced the launch of e-Bird - the worlds first satellite designed for symmetric (two way) broadband communications.
Launched on September 27th September 2003, the satellite is expected to go live late November 2003 serving Europe & Turkey. The bird will be in geo at 33 degrees East, as can be seen in the image (below).
<IMG alt="E-Bird footprint" hspace=0 src="http://www.eutelsat.com/satellites/coverage/downlink/eb_a.gif" align=middle size width=400 border=0>
Technical information on E-Bird can be found here, including some excellent animation & video demonstrations.
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