SmallGEO AG1: solar panel deployed for testing at IABG, in Germany, on 22 January, 2016.
Hispasat Advanced Generation 1 (AG1) is the first telecommunications satellite to use Europe’s new SmallGEO platform.
SmallGEO is developed by OHB under ESA’s Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems (ARTES) programme in a public–private partnership. It will strengthen the position of European industry in the commercial telecommunications market, expanding the current range of available products.