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Alphabus

Alphabus is a family of heavy geostationary communications satellites developed by a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and EADS Astrium Satellites in France, with support of the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES), the French space agency and the European Space Agency (ESA).

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Applications
Communications satellite bus
Built
1
Country of origin
Europe
Design life
15 years
Launch mass
6,550 kilograms (14,440 lb)
Launched
1

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Product line

Alphasat (Inmarsat-4A F4)

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Alphabus

Nodes37
Edges36
Triples47
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.054054
Components1

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Alphabus

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related to Demonstration Payloads · 27
Alphabus → Active, Alphasat, Alphasat's, As, Earth's, EFACEC, Environmental Testing, ESA's European Data Relay, Gbit/s, Immersat, Italy, Jena-Optronik GermanyOptical, Ka, LEO, Parallel Ka, PortugalQ/V, Radiation Sensor, Space Engineering, Startrackers, System
related to First journey for Alphabus · 5
Alphabus → Cannes, France, January, The, Toulouse
Applications · 1
Alphabus → Communications satellite bus
Built · 1
Alphabus → 1
Country of origin · 1
Alphabus → Europe
Design life · 1
Alphabus → 15 years
Launch mass · 1
Alphabus → 6,550 kilograms (14,440 lb)
Launched · 1
Alphabus → 1
Maiden launch · 1
Alphabus → Inmarsat-4A F4 25 July 2013
Manufacturer · 1
Alphabus → Thales Alenia Space EADS Astrium Satellites

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satellites alphasat platform range satellite communications power launch thales alenia space eads astrium data geostationary built kw mass inmarsat f4

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AlphabusApplicationsCommunications satellite bus1.00infobox
AlphabusBuilt11.00infobox
AlphabusCountry of originEurope1.00infobox
AlphabusDesign life15 years1.00infobox
AlphabusLaunch mass6,550 kilograms (14,440 lb)1.00infobox
AlphabusLaunched11.00infobox
AlphabusMaiden launchInmarsat-4A F4 25 July 20131.00infobox
AlphabusManufacturerThales Alenia Space EADS Astrium Satellites1.00infobox
AlphabusOperational11.00infobox
AlphabusPowerup to 22 kW1.00infobox
AlphabusRegimeGeostationary1.00infobox
AlphabusStatusIn production1.00infobox
Alphabusis afamily of heavy geostationary communications satellites developed by a joint venture between Thales Alenia Space and EADS Astrium Satellites in France0.90text

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