SpainSat NG-1 launch fromLaunch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on Jan. 29, 2025
Spainsat NG is a Spanishcommunications satellite program aimed at developing next-generation satellites to meet Spain's government and military secure communications needs.[1]
The Spainsat NG program comprises two satellites, Spainsat NG I and Spainsat NG II, located ingeostationary orbit and operating inX-band, militaryKa-band, andUHF. These satellites are based on the Eurostar Neo platform,Airbus's geostationary telecommunications satellite product, derived from theEurostar platform.
The communication payloads of both satellites is provided by the Spanish industry, with Airbus in Spain being responsible for the X-band payload and Thales in Spain being responsible for the Ka and UHF band payloads.
The satellites have protection against interference, as well as the ability to preciselygeolocate the origin of the interference, and likely also have protection againsthigh altitude nuclear explosions (HANE).[8]
The Spainsat NG satellites are designed for an operational useful life of 15 years, remaining in service until 2040. Both launches were performed bySpaceXFalcon 9 rockets.[9][10]
The first satellite, Spainsat NG I, was successfully launched on 30 January 2025.[13] The satellite, that occupies GEO 29° E position, was fully operational in August 2025, when the transfer of communications carriers from satelliteXTAR-EUR was completed.[14]
The second satellite, the Spainsat NG II, was successfully launched on 24 October 2025 to occupy the GEO 30° W position, replacingSpainsat.[10][15][16]
^Dirección General de Armamento y Material (November 2019)."PROGRAMA SPAINSAT NG"(PDF).Ministerio de Defensa (España) (in Spanish). Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 13, 2020. RetrievedOctober 24, 2020.
Launches are separated by dots ( • ), payloads by commas ( , ), multiple names for the same satellite by slashes ( / ). Crewed flights are underlined. Launch failures are marked with the † sign. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are (enclosed in parentheses).
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