Zone of silence

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ESA / P. Sebirot

The Hispasat 36W-1 satellite waits in the Airbus Defence and Space’s Compact Antenna Test Range in Ottobrunn, Germany, on 1 September 2016.

The room is designed to muffle any outside frequencies, like a sound-proof room stops noise.

The satellite will join the Hispasat fleet of geostationary telecom satellites to provide Europe, the Canary Islands and the Americas with faster multimedia service.

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