Late last week the European Space Agency (ESA) and satellite communication company Inmarsat launched the continent’s largest satellite, the 6.6 ton Alphasat.
Launched from French Guiana the satellite, which can process trillions of operations per seconds, was confirmed to have reached a stable orbit by Inmarsat’s Beijing based ground station.
According to the ESA, “The primary objective of… the Alphasat Programme is to facilitate an early first flight, and in-orbit validation of the Alphabus platform, currently under development with industry.