July 2015

Bank Rakyat Indonesia (BRI). Photo: Wikipedia [Via Satellite 07-10-2015] Space Systems Loral (SSL) has selected GMV to install the control center for Bank Rakyat Indonesia’s (BRI), upcoming satellite, BRIsat. SSL is building the satellite on its SSL 1300 platform, which — equipped with C- and Ku-band transponders — will enable communications across BRI’s 11,000 branches…

NewSat’s Perth teleport. Photo: NewSat [Via Satellite 07-10-2015] SpeedCast International has acquired the assets of the teleport and satellite services business from the financially troubled NewSat. The assets include the land and buildings at NewSat’s teleport facilities in Adelaide and Perth, Australia, the associated plant and equipment, as well as most of the customer and…

A Plum Energy LNG plant. Photo: Consolidated Construction [Via Satellite 07-10-2015] RigNet’s Telecoms Systems Integration (TSI) services business has received a multi-million dollar contract to deliver communications systems and infrastructure for a greenfield multi-train Gulf Coast Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) liquefaction and export facility. The company is responsible for integration and delivery of critical facility…

The HE7200. Photo: BSN [Via Satellite 07-10-2015] Blue Sky Network (BSN), a global provider of satellite tracking and fleet management solutions has gained certification from Anatel, the Brazilian national telecommunications agency, for its HawkEye 7200 (HE7200) portable Iridium satellite tracking solution. According to Brazilian regulations, telecommunications products must have a certificate of conformity issued by a…

Ariel Dascal, director, Oi TV. Photo: Oi TV [Via Satellite 07-09-2015] Oi TV, the pay-TV arm of Brazilian telco Oi, is confident that High Definition (HD) channels will be a major draw for customers across the country. The company’s pay-TV subscriber base reached 1.247 million by the end of 2014, an increase of 50.5 percent…

Artist’s rendition of the new Eutelsat Quantum class satellite. Credit: Airbus Defence and Space [Via Satellite 07-09-2015] Airbus Defence and Space has signed the first contract for the Eutelsat Quantum satellite with Eutelsat and the European Space Agency (ESA). The Quantum satellite will be able to adapt to new demands in coverage, bandwidth, power, frequency…

The HD+ team. Photo: HD+ [Via Satellite 07-09-2015] German HD platform HD+, a subsidiary of SES, and German TV and satellite technology manufacturer TechniSat unveiled an Ultra-HD TV with integrated HD+ decryption system — no Common Interface Plus (CI+) module required. Concurrently, HD+ also announced plans to launch an Ultra-HD demo channel in September. Through…

Artist’s rendition of the Sentinel 6 satellite. Photo: ESA [Via Satellite 07-09-2015] Thales Alenia Space has signed the first part of a contract with Airbus Defence and Space to supply Poseidon 4 space borne radar altimeters for the Jason CS/Sentinel 6A and Jason CS/Sentinel 6B satellites. Airbus Defence and Space is building the satellites for…

Advantech Wireless Transcend 800 Microwave Radio. Photo: Advantech Wireless [Via Satellite 07-09-2015] Advantech Wireless’ Transcend 800 microwave radio has received North American certification on Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) and Immunity Test Report according to the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) series of standards IEEE C.37.90.x. Advantech Wireless Transcend 800 microwave radios are designed and manufactured to…

A Europasat customer using Tooway broadband service from Eutelsat. Photo: Europasat [Via Satellite 07-08-2015] Satellite Internet Service Provider (ISP) Europasat is in the midst of closing a series of acquisitions across Europe to expand across the continent. The U.K.-based company raised approximately 7.5 million Euros last year (approximately $8.3 million) with the intent of buying…