Satellite News

Ethiopia’s Information Network Security Agency (INSA), in charge of the transformation of the country’s high-tech and security industry, officialised the launch of Ethiosat, its new TV platform.

Spacecom, the operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that Nepal’s Dish Media Network has furthered its long-term association with Amos-4.

Intelsat S.A. announced that media and entertainment company Starz has extended its commitment for distribution services in the U.S. on the Intelsat Galaxy satellites.

SES announced its new government product Rapid Response Vehicle (RRV), a SATCOM-enabled platform capable of providing high-speed connectivity and global communications services tailored to a broad range of commercial, civil, humanitarian and defence missions around the world.

Raytheon has completed an upgrade and final testing of the data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System Common Ground System which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense and the agencies’ international partners.

SES announced new satellite capacity deals with Gogo for high-speed inflight connectivity services on travel routes over the U.S. and Canada.

Thales, SES S.A. and Hughes Network Systems (Hughes) announced a set of strategic agreements to enhance the delivery of FlytLIVE. Under the agreements, SES contracts capacity on Hughes EchoStar XVII and EchoStar XIX high throughput (HTS) Ka-band satellites to complement its AMC-15 and AMC-16 network giving FlytLIVE the only redundant coverage network in North America.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed Intelsat General to its channel partner programme for Skynet 5 military satellite communication services. Under this channel partner agreement, Intelsat General will be offering Skynet X-band and UHF services as part of their mobile and fly-away communications portfolio, to the U.S. government.