Satellite News

Serbian cable and satellite operator SBB has inked a new contract with Eutelsat Communications for a fourth transponder on Eutelsat’s W2 satellite.

Telesat has signed a contract with NewWave Broadband Ltd to provide the equivalent of three transponders on Telesat’s soon-to-be launched Telstar 11N satellite.

ISE (Integral Systems Europe) announced the delivery and installation of a fully integrated CSM (Carrier Signal Monitoring), transponder planning, and Network Management system for the Vinasat 1 satellite.

SES Astra announced that it has signed the first capacity agreement with a customer for its African capacity Astra 4A at the orbital position 5 degrees East.

The first use of the ‘bundle’ protocol in space has been demonstrated with the UK-DMC satellite built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL). Sensor data was successfully delivered from the satellite using this disruption- and delay-tolerant networking protocol designed for the Interplanetary Internet.

Platforma HD, a new Russian all-HDTV platform, has selected the Eurobird 9 satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications to deliver new HD content across western parts of Russia to the Urals.

Talia Limited, one of the largest suppliers of satellite Internet services for North Africa and the Middle East, has contracted multiple transponders on SES New Skies’ NSS-12 satellite due for launch in the second half of 2009.

Intelsat announced multi-transponder contracts with a Romanian DTH provider and with a provider of Internet services over satellite.