News on key developments at SupremeSAT, and general news on the Space and Satellite industry from across the web
SECM-built STU-2 CubeSats. Photo: SECM [Via Satellite 11-12-2015] China has entered the realm of small satellite players with the success of its first CubeSat launch this September. The mission, directed by Shufan Wu, senior aerospace engineer at the Shanghai Engineering Center for Microsatellites (SECM), orbited three small satellites capable of flight tracking and ship tracking…
Arianespace’s VA227 Ariane 5 mission. Photo: Arianespace [Via Satellite 11-12-2015] Arianespace successfully launched satellites for customers Arabsat and the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) on Nov. 10 aboard an Arian 5 rocket. The mission carried Arabsat 6B, which will be renamed BADR 7 for Saudi Arabia-based Arabsat, and GSAT 15 for ISRO. Airbus Defence and…
An oil derrick. Photo: TexasRaiser/Wikimedia Commons [Via Satellite 11-12-2015] Integrated Petroleum & Energy Services company (PETSE) has signed a three-year agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for Terralink Hub communications services. Using the company’s fully managed Terralink Hub service, PETSE plans to provide a complete range of connectivity services to its local market in Saudi…
WRC-15 Plenary on global flight tracking. Photo: ITU [Via Satellite 11-12-2015] The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has reached an agreement at the 2015 World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15) in Geneva to allocate radiofrequency spectrum for global flight tracking in civil aviation. The frequency band 1087.7 to 1092.3 MHz, currently used for line of sight Automatic Dependent…
Futaris’ Alaska teleport. Photo: Futaris [Via Satellite 11-12-2015] Futaris, a company formed through the acquisition and merging of Alaska Telecom Inc (ATI) and AtContact, is investing in a new C-Band antenna for its Anchorage teleport to provide services in Alaska using Eutelsat Communications’ new-generation Eutelsat 115 West B satellite. With the antenna, the company will…
Pierre-Jean Beylier, CEO of SpeedCast. Photo: SpeedCast [Via Satellite 11-11-2015] SpeedCast has been one of the most active companies in the satellite sector over the last two years. Recent acquisitions of Hermes Datacomms and SAIT Communications give it a stronger position in both the oil and gas, and maritime sectors. The company also recently acquired…
A Proton rocket. Photo: Roscosmos [Via Satellite 11-11-2015] International Launch Services (ILS) announced a Multi-Launch Agreement with Intelsat for five ILS Proton missions through 2023 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. The five satellites, yet to be designated, will be launched using the Proton Breeze M launch vehicle, manufactured by Khrunichev State Research and Production…
Night skyline of Dhaka, capital city of Bangladesh. Photo: Md. Ishtiaque Mahmood Rohan (Wikimedia Commons) [Via Satellite 11-11-2015] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) to build the Bangabandhu telecommunications satellite. To be launched in 2017, Bangladesh’s first satellite will be positioned at 119.1 degrees east and will aim…
McMurdo’s next-generation MEOSAR satellite ground station system installation in New Zealand. Photo: Business Wire [Via Satellite 11-11-2015] McMurdo has completed the installation of a six-antenna next-generation Medium-Earth Orbit Search and Rescue (MEOSAR) satellite ground station system in New Zealand. McMurdo expects the project, which is part of a joint initiative with Maritime New Zealand and…
[Via Satellite 11-11-2015] Hughes Network Systems and Telesat announced a 15-year agreement for Ka-band capacity on Telesat’s new Telstar 19 Vantage satellite, planned for launch in early 2018. The agreement calls for Telesat to deliver Ka-band capacity of 31 Gbps on Telstar 19 Vantage covering many countries in South America, which Hughes will use to expand…