A method comprising: providing a satellite comprising: a phased array fed reflector antenna comprising: a reflector; an array (400, 401, 402, 403) of antenna elements, the array of antenna elements comprising a plurality of partitions of antenna elements and being disposed relative to a focal point of the reflector; and a plurality of corresponding beam forming networks coupled to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, the plurality of beam forming networks configured to provide signals to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements to generate a plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, each of the beam forming networks corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, characterised in that each of the beam forming networks comprises a plurality of splitters (802, 902), a plurality of phase and amplitude adjusters (804, 904) and a plurality of summers (806, 906); each of the plurality of beam forming networks taking in respective input signals from a corresponding signal pathway; and in each of the plurality of beam forming networks and the corresponding partition of antenna elements: splitting, by the splitters, the respective input signals; feeding the split input signals into the phase and amplitude adjusters; adjusting, by the phase and amplitude adjusters, the split input signals according to a particular beam weight scheme or beam hopping definition to generate phase and amplitude adjusted signals; summing, by the summers, the phase and amplitude adjusted signals and sending the summed signals to the corresponding antenna elements in the corresponding partition of antenna elements; and transmitting, by the corresponding partition of antenna elements, a corresponding one of the plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, wherein each spot beam pattern is directed toward a respective one of a plurality of geographically separated regions. providing a satellite comprising: a phased array fed reflector antenna comprising: a reflector; an array (400, 401, 402, 403) of antenna elements, the array of antenna elements comprising a plurality of partitions of antenna elements and being disposed relative to a focal point of the reflector; and a plurality of corresponding beam forming networks coupled to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, the plurality of beam forming networks configured to provide signals to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements to generate a plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, each of the beam forming networks corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, characterised in that each of the beam forming networks comprises a reflector; an array (400, 401, 402, 403) of antenna elements, the array of antenna elements comprising a plurality of partitions of antenna elements and being disposed relative to a focal point of the reflector; and a plurality of corresponding beam forming networks coupled to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, the plurality of beam forming networks configured to provide signals to the plurality of partitions of antenna elements to generate a plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, each of the beam forming networks corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of partitions of antenna elements, characterised in that each of the beam forming networks comprises a plurality of splitters (802, 902), a plurality of phase and amplitude adjusters (804, 904) and a plurality of summers (806, 906); each of the plurality of beam forming networks taking in respective input signals from a corresponding signal pathway; and in each of the plurality of beam forming networks and the corresponding partition of antenna elements: splitting, by the splitters, the respective input signals; feeding the split input signals into the phase and amplitude adjusters; adjusting, by the phase and amplitude adjusters, the split input signals according to a particular beam weight scheme or beam hopping definition to generate phase and amplitude adjusted signals; summing, by the summers, the phase and amplitude adjusted signals and sending the summed signals to the corresponding antenna elements in the corresponding partition of antenna elements; and transmitting, by the corresponding partition of antenna elements, a corresponding one of the plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, splitting, by the splitters, the respective input signals; feeding the split input signals into the phase and amplitude adjusters; adjusting, by the phase and amplitude adjusters, the split input signals according to a particular beam weight scheme or beam hopping definition to generate phase and amplitude adjusted signals; summing, by the summers, the phase and amplitude adjusted signals and sending the summed signals to the corresponding antenna elements in the corresponding partition of antenna elements; and transmitting, by the corresponding partition of antenna elements, a corresponding one of the plurality of simultaneous spot beam patterns, wherein each spot beam pattern is directed toward a respective one of a plurality of geographically separated regions.