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Eutelsat Americas Clenches Axesat Capacity Deal – Satellite Today

Artist’s rendition of Eutelsat 115 West B. Photo: Eutelsat [Via Satellite 09-03-2015] Axesat, a top enterprise connectivity provider in Latin America, has signed a multi-year, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Americas to provide corporate services in South America. Axesat will use capacity from two Eutelsat satellites: Eutelsat 115 West B will connect Axesat customers in energy,…

Avanti, GRC Reach Ka-band Connectivity Agreement – Satellite Today

Artist’s rendition of Avanti’s Artemis satellite, purchased from ESA in 2013. Photo: ESA [Via Satellite 09-03-2015] Avanti Communications has signed a multi-year contract with Global RadioData Communications (GRC), a developer and supplier of mission-critical communication products and solutions, for Ka-band satellite connectivity. Avanti will provide secure and resilient communications to a variety of government, defense,…

Gilat Satcom Offering Intelsat EpicNG Contracts in Africa – Satellite Today

Artist rendition of the Intelsat 33e satellite. Photo: Intelsat [Via Satellite 09-03-2015] Gilat Satcom has started offering advanced access to Intelsat EpicNG High Throughput Satellite (HTS) services for customers in Africa. The company is providing customers with EpicNG contracts with HTS cost per MB on existing satellites, followed by an automatic upgrade to the EpicNG…

Signalhorn Supplying Remote Managed Communications for Offshore Fleet – Satellite Today

Sheringham Shoal Offshore Wind Farm. Photo: Statkraft [Via Satellite 09-03-2015] Signalhorn has signed a multi-year contract with an undisclosed leading maritime company to provide remote managed offshore fleet communication services for vessels supporting wind farms in Northern Europe. For this project, Signalhorn is providing a fully managed Single Channel Per Carrier (SCPC) service that includes…

What You Need to Know About CITEL’s C-Band Proposal – Satellite Today

The flag of the Organization of American States (OAS). CITEL is the telecommunications/ICT advisory body of OAS. [Via Satellite 09-02-2015] International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Region 2 member countries have decided to submit an Inter-American Proposal (IAP) to the ITU that favors allocating a portion of the C-band spectrum to the International Mobile Telecommunications (IMT) industry.…

EGNOS Hosted Payload Goes Live on SES 5 Satellite – Satellite Today

Artist’s rendition of SES 5. Photo: SSL [Via Satellite 09-2015] The first European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) payload, hosted on SES 5, is fully operational, SES announced Sept. 2. The EGNOS GEO 1 L-band hosted payload launched aboard SES 5 in July 2012, and is now active following extensive on-ground and in-space testing. The…

ST Teleport, AsiaSat Expand Partnership to VSAT and Media – Satellite Today

ST Teleport’s Earth station. Photo: ST Teleport. [Via Satellite 09-02-2015] ST Teleport, a full-service satellite and fiber communications solutions provider, and AsiaSat have bolstered a preexisting partnership to enhance service offerings to the VSAT and media sectors. ST Teleport recently set up a dedicated antenna for AsiaSat 4 to expand its C-band capacity in Asia…

US Military Eager to See MUOS Satellite Network Fully Active – Satellite Today

The U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite, encapsulated in a 5-meter payload fairing, is mated to an Atlas 5 booster inside the Vertical Integration Facility at Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex-41. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 09-01-2015] The United States military is eager expand implementation of its Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) once…