According to the director, given the complexity of the parameters for evaluating the construction of this type of equipment, the construction works of Angosat-2 are already more than 60% concluded and the satellite should be launched in the first half of the year. 2022.
He said that Angosat-2 would have some innovations and corrections of mistakes made in Angosat-1, namely it will have seven times more transmission than the first, Angosat-1 had 16 transponders in C band and six in band KU, already Angosat-2 will have six transponders in C band, 24 in KU band and as a novelty a transponder will be added in KA band.
With a total weight of two tons, he added, Angosat-2 will also be a high transmission rate satellite and will provide 13 gigabytes in each illuminated region (satellite signal range).
The satellite will be based on the Eurostar-3000 platform and its lifetime will be 15 years. The construction of this new satellite was not financed by the Angolan State, because the contract of more than 300 million US dollars, initialed with the Russian party, for the construction of Angosat-1, protected the interests of Angola, in the event of the disappearance or destruction of the satellite.
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