Satellite News

Universal Space Network, Inc. (USN), a provider of space operations and ground control and communications services, along with subcontractor Integral Systems Incorporated (ISI), announced the successful demonstration of the TCP/IP Space Link Extension (SLE) with a U.S. Air Force (USAF) satellite utilising Space Ground Link Subsystem (SGLS) and Unified S-Band (USB) receiving channels.

Asia Satellite Telecommunications company Limited (AsiaSat) and commercial broadcaster Shamshad TV of Afghanistan announced the signing of a lease agreement for the use of C-band capacity on AsiaSat 2.

Intelsat announced that Australia Network, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation’s international television channel, has renewed its multi-year contract with Intelsat, and expanded the contract to include transmission services on an additional satellite.

Arrowhead Global Solutions, Inc., a provider of integrated communication network solutions, has been chosen by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to provide the U.S. Marine Corps with commercial satellite capabilities to expand its communication reach worldwide.

Intelsat announced that it has renewed and expanded its agreement with the U.S. National Basketball Association (NBA) for international distribution of the league’s games. The NBA distribution network will now include full-time and upgraded Intelsat capacity in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Latin America.

Norsat International Inc. and Sat-Comm Ltd., a UK-based designer and manufacturer of Satellite Newsgathering (SNG) equipment for the broadcast industry, have entered into a reseller partnership.

SAT Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Integral Systems, Inc. , announced that it will deliver its SAT-DSA to SES Sirius for its Stockholm based Teleport.

China Central Television (CCTV), the national broadcaster of the People’s Republic of China, renewed a multi-year contract for the global distribution of its programming via several of Intelsat’s PAS satellites.