Optus is Australia’s largest and most experienced satellite owner and operator, with five satellites currently in orbit providing satellite services across Australia and New Zealand and to McMurdo Sound in the Antarctic.
Optus provide critical national infrastructure across mobile, fixed and satellite networks which service over 10 million customers every day and Optus is the only operator in Australia to provide 100% network coverage through our terrestrial mobile network and satellite services.
For more than 35 years Optus has been Australia’s preeminent satellite provider, launching 10 satellites, operating 13 spacecraft, and providing support to over 100 international space programs. Since 2003, Optus has flown the C1 Satellite – which provides critical mission capabilities for Defence operations and, at the time of launch, was the world’s largest Defence-civilian spacecraft.
Currently, Optus is planning to launch its 11th spacecraft and the Asia-Pacific’s first fully software-defined Ku-band satellite, named OPTUS 11, and soon we will utilise the world’s first Mission Robotic Vehicle and Mission Extension Pod to extend the life of our Optus D3 spacecraft.