 |  Germany Designing Satellite for Commercial Partnership
 25 January 2010
The German Aerospace Center, DLR, reported itself midway through design studies of a telecommunications research satellite to include advanced Ka-band broadcast technologies as part of a partnership with a commercial satellite operator, according to DLR officials.
The satellite, called Heinrich Hertz, would use the Small Geo satellite platform being developed by OHB Technology of Bremen, Germany, plus a payload developed by Tesat-Spacecom of Backnang and other gear from Astrium GmbH of Ottobrunn.
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