Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM) Mission
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Booster
Unknown F9
Mission
Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission (ASBM)
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Elliptical Orbit
ASBM (Arctic Satellite Broadband Mission) 1 & 2 are two twin satellites built by Northrop Grumman for Space Norway, in cooperation with Inmarsat and the Norwegian Ministry of Defence. They are designed to bring mobile broadband coverage in the Arctic for both civilians and military. The US Air Force provides the Extremely High Frequency eXtended Data Rate payloads on ASBM satellites as part of the Enhanced Polar System Recapitalization (EPS-R) program.
Last Update: NET late July.
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