Spainsat NG

Spainsat NG is a Spanish programme for next-generation secure communications satellites serving the government and military of Spain, operated by Hisdesat. It comprises two geostationary satellites, Spainsat NG I and Spainsat NG II, working in the X band, the military Ka band and UHF, built on Airbus's Eurostar Neo platform and designed for fifteen years of service until about 2040. Industrial management sits with a consortium of Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space in Spain and France, with Airbus in Spain responsible for the X-band payload and Thales in Spain for the Ka and UHF payloads. Both satellites were launched by SpaceX Falcon 9 rockets. The first, launched on 30 January 2025, became fully operational in August 2025. The second, launched on 24 October 2025, was struck by a space particle in January 2026 and its operator concluded it can no longer carry out its mission, so a replacement, Spainsat NG III, has been requested.