European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani has announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for the European Union’s Galileo satellite navigation programme under the supervision of the European Space Agency. The new contract will see SSTL continuing its role as payload prime, assembling, integrating and testing the navigation payloads in the UK, whilst OHB System, as the prime contractor, builds the eight satellite platforms and executes the final integration of all the satellites in Germany. The SSTL-OHB partnership is already building fourteen satellites for the Galileo programme and will draw on its heritage and experience to produce the additional satellites to demanding schedules.

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Vizada has just announced its one hundredth contract for Global Maritime Broadband Bundles, which seamlessly integrate Ku-band VSAT, mobile satellite services (MSS) and Vizada’s proprietary maritime communications platform, Vizada XChange.
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ASC Signal Corporation has been awarded a $1 million contract for the first three phases to build up to 100 3.7 meter, X-band antenna systems to support global government communications. These fixed, tracking antennas will communicate with the U.S. Department of Defense’s Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) constellation in the X-band frequency. Continue reading →

SES has announced that the SES-3 satellite is being relocated from its former location over North America to Asia, an area experiencing great demand for state-of-the-art, reliable satellite capacity. The SES-3 satellite is being relocated to 108.2° East to provide … Continue reading →

Inmarsat has selected Metaswitch to expand and enrich its FleetBroadband maritime communications service, the first maritime communications service to provide cost-effective broadband data and voice, simultaneously, through a compact antenna on a global basis. Inmarsat’s new ‘FB Multi-voice’ capability will … Continue reading →

SatLink Communications has launched operations on the new AMOS-5 Satellite across Africa, on 17° East, to enable broadcasters to distribute its content Direct-To-Home (DTH) or via Cable TV, DBS, DTT, MMDS, Mobile TV and IPTV partners across the continent. The … Continue reading →

In January 2012, an agreement to buy shares in the US Wideband Global Satcom (WGS) was signed by Canada, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and New Zealand. The agreement enables immediate access to WGS capacity in exchange for financing the WGS-9 … Continue reading →