Satellite News

Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that a leading Angolan satellite services company has signed a contract for C-Band HTS capacity on the newly launched Amos-17 communication satellite. The Angolan company will utilise capacity on Amos-17 primarily for cellular backhaul to better connect rural and low-density communities throughout the Southern African country.

Telesat and NSSLGlobal, an independent provider of satellite communications and IT solutions, have completed live testing with multiple government customers using Telesat’s Phase 1 Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite.

Eutelsat Communications announced the launch of a pioneering satellite-based IoT connectivity service: Eutelsat IoT FIRST.

SES and Thales have successfully demonstrated uninterrupted access to high-throughput broadband applications for the first time over a platform supporting multi-orbit interoperability, switching seamlessly between SES’s geostationary (GEO) and O3b medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellite beams.

Rocket Lab has partnered with Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT) to be the sole provider of ground station services for the Electron launch vehicle and Photon satellite bus customers.

Swedish Space Corporation (SSC) has completed assembly and installation of eight new antennas in Clewiston, Florida. The antennas will be used for supporting OneWeb.

ESA has signed a deal with Inmarsat to put satellite-based data communication links terminals on up to 20 aircraft flying commercial services across continental Europe.

Iridium Communications Inc. announced that it has been awarded a five-year, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency on behalf of the United States Air Force Space Command (AFSpC) with potential revenues up to US$76 million.