Ka-Sat net-dedicated spacecraft ready for launch

[DorsetBoy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12065466

Europe is about to get a second satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections.

The six-tonne Ka-Sat will be launched atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan in a flight expected to last nine hours and 12 minutes.

The Eutelsat-operated spacecraft will concentrate its services on customers in the so-called "not-spots" of Europe.

It is estimated that tens of millions of households in these areas cannot get a decent terrestrial connection.

Ka-Sat will provide homes with speeds generally up to 10Mbps.

Lift-off from Baikonur is timed for 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday). ............. (more)

[Rik]

We'll have to be careful about pronouncing its name. 

[pctech]

I've looked into satellite broadband as would be nice to get rid of BT but its very expensive.

[Rik]

And with poor latency I should imagine, Mitch.

[Glenn]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12065466

The second European satellite dedicated to delivering broadband internet connections has launched successfully.

The six-tonne Ka-Sat lifted off atop a Proton rocket from Baikonur in Kazakhstan at 0351 local time on Monday (2151 GMT on Sunday).

The flight lasted nine hours and 12 minutes.

[pctech]

There is that too.

[pctech]

There is currently Eutelsat Tooway and Astra2Connectwhich you can get in Europe

[Technical Ben]

Seems that not only did the PS3 have a bug in it's calender. A Satellite went haywire in April too. 8 months later, it ran out of power, forcing a little reboot. This has allowed them to get it up and running, and stop whatever it was that had crashed the software.
I wonder how long the progress bar was? 

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/01/04/galaxy_15/

[Rik]

A few thousand miles?