Multibeam telecommunications payload for very high throughput satellite telecommunications (VHTS) or high throughput satellite telecommunications comprising: a first multibeam antenna system (204; 404) of passive antennas with a receive component Rx (204 1; 404 1) and a transmit component Tx (204 2;404 2), which are respectively configured to receive from satellite Rx receive access station GW spots, and to transmit to satellite Tx transmit access station GW spots respectively in a first satellite Rx receive band (104; 134) and a first satellite Tx transmit band (112; 138) and a second multibeam antenna system (206; 406) of passive antennas with a receive component Rx (206 1; 406 1) and a transmit component Tx (206 2; 406 2), which are respectively configured to receive from and transmit to a user coverage zone respectively in a second satellite Rx receive band (122; 142) and a second satellite Tx transmit band (126; 146), by generating multiple satellite receive user spots (23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43) and multiple satellite transmit user spots (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42); a digital core (210; 410), based on a digital processing transparent processor DTP (212; 412), comprising a number of accesses at input and at output allowing for its connection to all the spots of the access stations and all the user spots, and configured to interconnect the user spots and the spots of the access stations in accordance with a frequency plan; the payload being characterised in that it has: an RF switching set (214; 414), made up of one or more matrices of RF switches (216, 218: 416, 418) for source access of user spots in Tx satellite transmit only, clustered in cluster(s) Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, or made up of one or more matrices (216; 416) of RF switches for source access of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, clustered in cluster(s) Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, and of one or more matrices (218; 418) of RF switches for source access of user spots in Rx satellite receive, clustered in cluster(s) G'j of user spots in Rx satellite receive, the number of spots Rj in each cluster Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit and the number R'j of each cluster G'j of user spots in Tx satellite receive being less than or equal to the total number P, higher than or equal to 2, of access stations GW. a first multibeam antenna system (204; 404) of passive antennas with a receive component Rx (204 1; 404 1) and a transmit component Tx (204 2;404 2), which are respectively configured to receive from satellite Rx receive access station GW spots, and to transmit to satellite Tx transmit access station GW spots respectively in a first satellite Rx receive band (104; 134) and a first satellite Tx transmit band (112; 138) and a second multibeam antenna system (206; 406) of passive antennas with a receive component Rx (206 1; 406 1) and a transmit component Tx (206 2; 406 2), which are respectively configured to receive from and transmit to a user coverage zone respectively in a second satellite Rx receive band (122; 142) and a second satellite Tx transmit band (126; 146), by generating multiple satellite receive user spots (23, 25, 27, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43) and multiple satellite transmit user spots (22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38, 40, 42); a digital core (210; 410), based on a digital processing transparent processor DTP (212; 412), comprising a number of accesses at input and at output allowing for its connection to all the spots of the access stations and all the user spots, and configured to interconnect the user spots and the spots of the access stations in accordance with a frequency plan; the payload being characterised in that it has: an RF switching set (214; 414), made up of one or more matrices of RF switches (216, 218: 416, 418) for source access of user spots in Tx satellite transmit only, clustered in cluster(s) Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, or made up of one or more matrices (216; 416) of RF switches for source access of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, clustered in cluster(s) Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit, and of one or more matrices (218; 418) of RF switches for source access of user spots in Rx satellite receive, clustered in cluster(s) G'j of user spots in Rx satellite receive, the number of spots Rj in each cluster Gj of user spots in Tx satellite transmit and the number R'j of each cluster G'j of user spots in Tx satellite receive being less than or equal to the total number P, higher than or equal to 2, of access stations GW.