Satellite News

Spire Global and Kleos Space S.A. announced a collaboration to combine Spire AIS data with KLEOS RF data to create a new shared capability to bring safety at sea.

exactEarth Ltd. announced that it has been selected by Airbus Defence and Space as AIS partner to support its Ocean Finder maritime service.

Ultra DTH Inc. has signed a multiyear, multi-transponder agreement with Eutelsat Americas, a subsidiary of Eutelsat Communications for capacity on the Eutelsat 65 West A satellite to support the launch of a white label DTH platform across the Caribbean and the Andean region.

Aireon LLC announced that The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has signed a contract to implement Aireon’s space-based air traffic surveillance service in Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata’s oceanic airspaces.

Viasat Inc. announced its Real-Time Earth (RTE) service achieved a major milestone by providing ground station service support to General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems’ (GA-EMS) Orbital Test Bed (OTB) satellite after its successful launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket on 25 June 2019.

Spacecom, operator of the Amos satellite fleet, announced that Nigeria-based IDS Africa is the newest broadcaster to sign up for broadcast services on the Amos-17 satellite.

SES has signed two agreements with the Association of Ethiopian Broadcasters (AEB) and the Ethiopian Broadcasting Cooperation (EBC) that the company said will result in the creation of a dedicated Ethiopian TV environment.

NovelSat, a technology company that develops and manufactures satellite-based video and content transmission solutions, announced that it has received a grant from the BIRD Foundation for its co-operation with igolgi, which specialises in developing compression solutions for video delivery.