September 2015

Morten Tengs, CEO, TSBc.Photo: TSBc [Via Satellite 09-24-2015] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) CEO Morten Tengs expects that over the next three to four years the maritime market will become as important to the operator as broadcasting. Tengs told Via Satellite that maritime is a “tremendous” growth opportunity for the company and that over the next…

Bangkok, Thailand. Photo: Mike Behnken [Via Satellite 09-24-2015] The demands of a “wired” culture, strategic military pivots toward Asia, and a rise in targeted satellite programs are catalyzing High Throughput Satellite (HTS) demand in Asia, according to a recent Northern Sky Research (NSR) study. The firm’s “Global Satellite Capacity Supply & Demand, 12th Edition” report…

A Canal+ shop. Photo: Canal+ [Via Satellite 09-24-2015] Canal+ Overseas, the internationally focused subsidiary of Canal+, has partnered with Enensys to rollout its Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) platform in Africa. TNT Africa, a multi-country sub-Saharan Africa project, is designed to work alongside the broadcaster’s existing Direct-to-Home (DTH) service Les Bouquets Canal+. Enensys is supplying the…

West Point Military Academy’s 13th annual cyber defense exercise. Photo: West Point [Via Satellite 09-24-2015] TeleCommunication Systems (TCS) won a competitive five-year contract extension (a base plus five option periods), valued at approximately $68 million, to provide the U.S. Department of Defense‘s (DOD) personnel with curriculum development and training delivery services to support the government’s cybersecurity workforce development.…

Cobham Satcom’s Sailor 60 GX. Photo: Cobham Satcom [Via Satellite 09-24-2015] Cobham Satcom has revealed two new 60cm Ka-band VSAT antenna systems for maritime customers. The new Sailor 60 GX and Sailor 600 VSAT Ka weigh 37Kg each, and enable connectivity through Inmarsat’s Global Xpress and Telenor’s Thor 7 High Throughput Satellites (HTS), respectively. The…

Paul Brown-Kenyon, president of APSCC and CEO of Measat [Via Satellite 09-23-2015] Asian governments will likely stand with the satellite industry in defending a “no change” stance toward the reallocation of C-band — such is the hopeful expectation of the Asia Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC), a non-profit international association of public and private satellite entities.…

ULA’s Atlas 5 launch vehicle, 551 configuration. Photo: ULA [Via Satellite 09-23-2015] United Launch Alliance (ULA) has entered a long-term strategic partnership with Orbital ATK as its sole provider of Solid Rocket Boosters (SRBs) for the Atlas 5 and Vulcan launch vehicles. Orbital ATK is investing in the design, development and qualification of two new…

OmniAccess satellite dishes. Photo: OmniAccess [Via Satellite 09-23-2015] Maritime communications specialist OmniAccess has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Panasonic Avionics to participate in the development of the company’s XTS “Extremely High Throughput” satellite network program. Panasonic has agreements with Intelsat for high throughput capacity on two EpicNG satellites, as well as with Eutelsat…

Kudelski Security. Photo: Nagra, Kudelski Group [Via Satellite 09-23-2015] Nagra has shipped its anyCAST Command product to Echostar Technologies for use in the company’s production of 4K-capable Set-Top Boxes (STBs) for EchoStar’s joint clients. In addition to supporting 4K services, the technology circumvents popular forms of piracy such as control word sharing. Nagra’s anyCAST Command,…

SIS Live’s Eutelsat-enabled service. Photo: Eutelsat [Via Satellite 09-23-2015] SIS Live has signed a distribution agreement with Eutelsat Broadband to use and resell its NewsSpotter newsgathering service. Using Eutelsat’s KA-SAT satellite, SIS Live’s NewsSpotter service delivers bandwidth up to 10 Mbps, supporting transmissions of live video and audio in SD and HD. SIS Live offers…