Satellite News

The European Data Relay System has begun servicing Europe’s Earth observing Copernicus programme, transferring observations in quasi-real time using laser technology.

Intelsat announced that Gogo has signed an agreement for services on the Intelsat 29e satellite.

SES Government Solutions, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES, was awarded a managed services contract to support the U.S. Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG). The service will support the Broadcasting Board of Governors in broadcasting U.S. Government civilian content across the world via SES satellites.

Airbus Defence and Space has signed GigaSat to its channel partner programme for Skynet services. GigaSat will be offering Skynet services as part of their mobile and fly-away communications portfolio, to Indonesian Defence Forces operating within the Asia Pacific Region.

Iridium Communications Inc. announced its new suite of aviation products and services, featuring Iridium Certus technology.

Intelsat General, a wholly owned subsidiary of Intelsat, has announced that it has been awarded a long-term contract to provide commercial satellite communication services for a European defence network being provided by Airbus Defence and Space.

Intelsat has released details of its customers’ and ecosystem partners’ achievement of a 165% to 330% increase in spectral efficiency with ground platforms and modem technologies; and up to a 300% improvement in throughput using next generation antenna technology to connect to the Intelsat EpicNG high-throughput satellite (HTS) platform.

Hughes Network Systems announced the release of the second generation of its JUPITER System. The new release of JUPITER features support of DVB-S2X, the satellite industry’s latest approved air interface standard.