Satellite News

Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. announced that its RT Logic subsidiary was awarded a US$1 million follow-on contract to provide ground system components for the USAF GPS OCX programme, bringing RT Logic’s total OCX contract awards to over US$4 million.

Intelsat S.A. announced that Orange Niger, part of the Orange Group, is utilising Intelsat capacity to expand its cellular network to the rural regions of Niger.

Spaceflight Inc. announced it is expanding its services to include Spaceflight Networks, a business dedicated to cost-effective spacecraft communications and operations for small-satellite customers.

In a first-of-its-kind arrangement for the company, Boeing is providing a U.S. government customer with military Ka-band satellite communications service from a commercial satellite.

Global satellite solutions provider SES Government Solutions (SES GS) received General Services Administration (GSA) approval to offer O3b services on their GSA Schedule. This allows SES GS to be the first distribution partner to offer O3b capability directly to the U.S. Government.

Divona, the Algerian VSAT operator providing telecom services (Internet, voice and data) in Algeria and the Middle East, announced it has selected Eutelsat Communications to consolidate its network connectivity offer to mobile telecom operators and enterprises.

SES Government Solutions has been awarded an US$8.2 million firm-fixed-price COMSATCOM Pathfinder contract by the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) based in Los Angeles, California. The contract will provide on-orbit transponders to support Ku-band communications for U.S. Africa Command.

Antwerp Space NV, a subsidiary of OHB AG successfully delivered 2 Omnisat equipments to two institutional customers in China.