The construction of the antenna for the Ka-band Orbit Tests (IOT) has already been completed, as part of the ANGOSAT project, before being sent to the country's capital and installed at the Satellite Control and Mission Center (MCC), located in Found.
According to what was revealed by the National Space Program Management Office (GGPEN), the final acceptance tests of the IOT antenna took place between 10 and 14 January 2022, in Italy.
With this conclusion, it is expected to arrive in Luanda in the first half of March 2022, with assembly and installation at the MCC also scheduled for March 2022.
It should be noted that the assembly and testing works will be supervised by GGPEN specialists and where it is expected that 15 GGPEN specialists will also be trained on the operation and maintenance of such an antenna.
MORE: Angosat-2 could be released in the second quarter of 2022 According to what has been announced by the Minister of Telecommunications, Information Technologies and Social Communication (MINTTICS), Manuel Homem, the development of Angosat-2 is currently proceeding without constraints, and as to possible problems in the development process of the Angolan satellite, he revealed that there have been no constraints, so far, and where he noted that the teams dedicated to the project have committed themselves to respecting the program, which includes, among other things , the conclusion and launch of the satellite, which could take place in the first half of this year.
The Angosat-2 has a yield of over 60% and has some innovations and corrections to the mistakes made in the Angosat-1, that is a transmission seven times higher than the first device, which had 16 "transponders" (retransmitters) in C band and you are in the KU band. Angosat-2 will also have six "transponders" in Band C, 24 in Band KU and, as a novelty, a retransmitter in Band KA will be added.
With a total weight of two tons, Angosat-2 will also be a high-speed transmission satellite (HTS) and will provide 13 gigabytes in each illuminated region (satellite signal range zones). The satellite will be based on the Eurostar-3000 platform and will run for 15 years.
