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Oh, look at you Europe, with your white Christmas blizzards and your
fancy satellites. All proud and bragging as your second internet-
beaming vehicle in as many months rockets off into orbital oblivion.
Following November's Hylas 1 is Ka-Sat, using the same spotbeam
technology to rain down limited, focused areas of connectivity that
are a couple-hundred kilometers across, allowing better management of
overall satellite bandwidth. Hylas 1 used its beams to cover areas
across the UK and Eastern Europe, while Ka-Sat will cover more areas
of Europe and also hit parts of the Middle East. Maximum speeds
offered to subscribers will be 10Mbps down, 4Mbps up, but with only
900Mbps on tap total per beam we're thinking that could get a little
slower on Saturday nights. Obligatory countdown and blastoff video
below.
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