Satellite News

Telesat and Astrium Services, through its Telecom Governmental Division, announced that they are combining capabilities to meet the growing satellite communications needs of Canada’s federal agencies.

Measat Global Berhad announced that it had entered into an agreement with Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn. Bhd. (“Astro”) for capacity on the Measat-3b satellite. The agreement was executed by a Measat Global subsidiary.

Arqiva has signed a new contract with Eutelsat Communications for additional satellite capacity to meet growing demand for its Occasional Use satellite services.
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Astrium has been awarded a contract to provide airborne satcom systems from Star Satellite Communications Company, a subsidiary of Al Yah Satellite Communications company (Yahsat).

Hispasat said it will provide mobile Internet satellite service to the new Italian fleet of Italo high speed trains, which belongs to the NTV company, and it comes into operation on 28 April. It is the second initiative of this type that Hispasat has carried out together with the Belgian service provider 21Net.
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SES, together with industry partners, announced the introduction of SAT-IP, a new IP-based satellite reception technology that demodulates and converts satellite signals to IP for further in-home distribution to any IP-enabled device.
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King Abdul-aziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) has selected the high-capacity Ka-band satellite system from ViaSat Inc. as the service platform for its National Satellite Data Network.
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