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Publication date
03 Dec 2012
SmallGEO is part of the next generation of modular and flexible telecommunications platforms. It is being developed by ESA in partnership with a European consortium headed by the German manufacturer OHB-Systems. Spanish operator Hispasat will be the first to use SmallGEO for its Hispasat AG-1 satellite.
Launch is planned for 2014.