Satellite News

Lockheed Martin recently demonstrated that the U.S. Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellites may help solve communication challenges in the arctic. During company-funded tests, MUOS voice and data signals reached much farther north than previously thought, just 50 km and 0.5 degrees of latitude shy of the North Pole.

The Federal Compression and Multiplexing Center (FCMC) has been inaugurated at RSCC’s ‘Shabolovka’ Technical Center in Moscow on 27 January.

Eutelsat Communications and the Afghanistan Ministry of Communications & Information Technology (MCIT) announced they have signed an MOU giving Afghanistan satellite resources that will enhance deployment of its national broadcasting and telecommunications infrastructure as well as its international connectivity.

SES announced that Orange Business Services, a global IT and communications services provider, has renewed and expanded a capacity contract with SES to support growing connectivity needs in the Russian Federation.

RSCC and UK-based Earthly Orbit Communications Limited announced the continued expansion of their co-operation. Earthly Orbit has been successfully promoting and managing RSCC capacity since 2006.

Eutelsat Communications announced the signature of long-term capacity agreements on the Eutelsat 16A satellite with three of Romania’s flagship channels, Kanal D, B1 TV and Trinitas TV.

The U.S. Navy has accepted three General Dynamics C4 Systems-built ground stations for the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS).

Inmarsat Government announced that it has finalised its official agreement to be a Value Added Reseller (VAR) for Inmarsat Global Xpress, serving the U.S. government market. On behalf of Inmarsat and its government-market partners, Inmarsat Government will also build and maintain the secure Global Xpress offering to provide assured access supported 24/7.