
Jupiter satellite, image courtesy of SS/L
Jupiter will weigh approximately 6,100 kg. at liftoff and will be placed into geostationary transfer orbit by the workhorse Ariane 5 ECA from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Built by Space Systems/Loral for Hughes, the high-throughput Jupiter satellite will deliver HughesNet(r) broadband satellite services in North America, building upon the success of the Hughes SPACEWAY(r) 3 satellite system. This next-generation satellite is designed with a bent-pipe, multi-spot beam, Ka-band architecture that will offer an extraordinary 100+ Gbps of throughput.