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Archive for January 13th, 2016

Telespazio will support EUMETSAT for MTG launch and early orbit phase

January 13th, 2016 by

Telespazio won at the end of 2015 the EUMETSAT tender for the supply of launch and early orbit phase services (LEOP) for two satellites, with an option for a third, of the new constellation Meteosat Third Generation (MTG), which will provide high resolution observations for meteorology and will support scientific research on climate change.

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SES TV channels grow 11.3% in 2015

January 13th, 2016 by

SES S.A. announced the transmission of a record number of TV channels on board its satellite fleet as of 31 December 2015. SES’s TV channel count grew by 11.3% to 7,268 channels during 2015, compared with an overall growth of 2% for the rest of the industry.

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