Australia's National Broadband Network (nbn) is set to launch its second satellite into space in October.
The 6,400kg Sky Muster II communication satellite will be launched from French Guiana Space Centre in South America.
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Set to orbit 36,000km into the sky, Sky Muster II will provide additional data to support the company’s satellite broadband service.
Once launched, Sky Muster II will provide around 400,000 homes and businesses with enhanced access to distance online education and healthcare services, as well as improve agribusinesses in remote farms in Australia.
National Broadband Network satellite architect Julia Dickinson said: “The nbn Sky Muster satellite service is transforming the day-to-day lives of people from all over the country.
“We are already seeing how access to fast broadband for small businesses and farms in the most remote outback and offshore locations can improve productivity by better enabling the ability to store files in the cloud and avoid lengthy business trips by communicating with customers and suppliers through more reliable video conferencing.”
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By GlobalDataThe company launched first satellite late last year and is building a new and improved, fast wholesale broadband network to enable communities across Australia to access fast broadband with aim to connect eight million homes and businesses by 2020.
Grain Growers CEO Alicia Garden said: “Grain Growers represents grain farmers across Australia.
“Grain farmers require fast, affordable, reliable internet connectivity to operate their enterprises to their potential.
“However, currently many farmers are not able to access connectivity comparable to their urban counterparts.”
There are currently more than 37,000 users on nbn’s interim satellite service across the country.
nbn plans to migrate interim satellite users onto a new satellite within one year of its commercial launch, which is scheduled for next May, while at the same time migrating new users onto the service.
