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Rockets in France to propel NBN satellites into orbit, bringing high speed Internet to the outback<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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NBN Co is to hook up with Arianespace, the European satellite company, to propel NBN’s two Ka-band broadband satellites into space.<\/p>\n

The contract, announced today by National Broadband Network chief Mike Quigley, is worth up to $300 million. <\/p>\n

Minister for Broadband Stephen Conroy was also present at the announcement in NBN HQ in North Sydney. <\/p>\n

The two purpose-built communications satellites under construction in California, will lift off via two 777 tonne Ariane 5 heavy-lift rockets which will deliver the payloads into geostationary orbit to serve  Australia.<\/p>\n

The launches will take place from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana, situated on the equator on the North Atlantic coast of South America in 2015.<\/p>\n

The awarding of the contract followed “a comprehensive two-year procurement process” NBN Co stressed in a statement. The satellites will allow provide NBN high speed internet to up to 200,000 premises in remote Australia.<\/p>\n

NBN Co is now planning to offer a faster speed tier on its fixed\/ satellite of ‘up to’ 25 Mbps downloads and 5 Mbps uploads -four times higher than the downloads available on NBN Interim Satellite Service.<\/p>\n

The faster Internet speeds will hit NBN’s wireless service as soon as June this year and satellite service when it launches in 2015. <\/p>\n

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NBN Co Chief Mike Quigley said: “The NBN satellite service is key to bridging the divide between the city and the bush.” <\/p>\n

The faster broadband speeds will allow regional communities to work from home like they would from the office, access video-based health services and make high-quality video calls, he added. <\/p>\n

Jean-Yves Le Gall, CEO of Arianespace “we are proud to be part of Australia’s National Broadband Network project that will help deliver much-needed high-speed broadband services to communities in regional and remote areas of this vast island continent.”<\/p>\n

“Arianespace has led the launch services industry with many operational firsts and numerous recordsetting missions.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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