Satellite News

SES announced that CETel has signed a new capacity agreement for service on SES’s NSS-7 satellite located at 20 degrees West.

NASA has given a green light to a group of citizen scientists attempting to breathe new scientific life into a more than 35-year old agency spacecraft.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has successfully conducted the critical design review for the Enhanced Polar System (EPS) Control and Planning Segment (CAPS) the week of 28 April and the Military Satellite Communications Systems Directorate (MILSATCOM) exercised the programme’s development option on 30 April.

Thuraya Telecommunications Company and ViaSat Inc. have signed a partnership agreement to develop and launch a dedicated Machine-to-Machine (M2M) platform combined with M2M specific products and commercial packages.

Via Sat Brasil announced that it has concluded a multi-year contract with Eutelsat do Brasil, the Brazilian affiliate of Eutelsat Communications, for the entire High Throughput payload on the Eutelsat 3B satellite that is scheduled for launch on 26 May.

Canadian rural broadband service provider Xplornet Communications Inc. announced that it has committed to Hughes Network Systems, LLC to a lifetime lease for all of the Canadian satellite broadband capacity on Hughes’ EchoStar XIX, a next-generation high throughput satellite due for launch in mid-2016.

Inmarsat has proposed a free global airline tracking service over the Inmarsat network, as part of the anticipated adoption of further aviation safety service measures by the world’s airlines following the loss of flight MH370.

European Space Imaging announced that they have joined forces with e-GEOS (ASI/Telespazio) and DigitalGlobe to provide imagery and data processing services as part of the multi-year framework supply contract with the European Commission for the provision of very high-resolution satellite data and associated services in support of the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).