September 2015

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,…

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,…

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…

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…

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.…

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…

An Atlas 5 rocket carrying the U.S. Navy’s MUOS 4 satellite. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 09-02-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) launched the U.S. Navy’s fourth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 4) satellite on Sept. 2 aboard an Atlas 5 rocket. The fourth satellite globalizes the MUOS footprint, bringing both legacy Ultra-High Frequency (UHF) and new…

The Haas 2c orbital rocket. Photo: ARCA Space Corporation [Via Satellite 09-02-2015] ARCA Space Corporation, a company designing both drones and orbital and suborbital launch vehicles, has selected Spaceport America as the site for its space launch vehicle and high altitude autonomous aircraft testing. ARCA Space Corporation is building the Haas 2B single stage suborbital…

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…

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…