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STN Extends a Multi-Year Satellite Deal with Home2US Communications

Dob, Slovenia, May 30, 2023 - With an unmatched ability to create compelling video neighborhoods, STN today announced Home2US has renewed its long-term capacity agreement on Galaxy-19 DTH platform serving ethnic audiences across the U.S.

Hispasat and Comitas e-Health will Provide Telemedicine Services by Satellite in Latin America

Madrid, Spain, May 18, 2023 - Hispasat has reached an agreement with Comitas e-Health to market its satellite telemedicine solution in remote areas of Latin America. This service may also be provided in mobility environments, such as boats. In this way, they will provide early medical attention in emergency situations or routine monitoring such as pregnancies, avoiding long and expensive trips. 

Hispasat and Intelsat expand their strategic agreement to provide inflight Internet connection

Madrid, Spain, May 11, 2023 - Hispasat and Intelsat, the leading global provider of broadband connectivity products and services for aviation, have reached an agreement to expand and extend the agreement reached in 2019 to lease the capacity on Hispasat's latest satellite, Amazonas Nexus. Specifically, this new partnership includes long-term leasing of the entire satellite capacity available over the United States and Brazil, as well as a significant part of the capacity of the Amazonas Nexus over the North Atlantic corridor. Thanks to this, Intelsat will offer inflight connectivity services in these areas with a high volume of air traffic, as well as corporate and cellular backhaul services.

Creonic Introduces 25 Gbit/s LDPC IP Core Solution for ITU G.9804.2 PON Standard

Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 10, 2023–Creonic GmbH, a leading IP core provider in the field of satellite communications, today introduced its latest LDPC forward error correction solution for passive optical networks (PON). The ITU G.9804.2 standard targets PONs with higher speeds when compared to previous generations.

Comtech Welcomes Aarna Networks as New EVOKE Technology Partner

Melville, N.Y. May 4, 2023 – Comtech (NASDAQ: CMTL) announced today that Aarna Networks, a leading provider of network automation and orchestration solutions, will become the Company’s latest publicly revealed EVOKE technology partner.

European Space and Telecoms Players Sign Partnership Agreement to Bid for IRIS2 Constellation

Luxembourg, May 2, 2023 – A group of European space and telecommunications players have come together to form a partnership to respond to the European Commission’s call for tender related to the future European satellite constellation IRIS² (Infrastructure for Resilience, Interconnectivity and Security by Satellite). IRIS² aims to bring a new secure and resilient connectivity infrastructure to European governments, businesses and citizens.

SES O3b mPOWER to Offer Mission Microwave Ka-Band Block Converters on User Terminals

Ka UT BUC 40 watt.jpgCypress, Calif., May 2, 2023 - Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a manufacturer Gallium Nitride (GaN) based Solid State Power Amplifiers (SSPAs) and Block Upconverters (BUCs) has confirmed that SES has selected their 40-watt Ka-band BUC for use in high throughput customer user terminals for SES’s second generation medium earth orbit (MEO) system -- O3b mPOWER. The order follows several years of work between the companies to implement advanced solid state technologies into the O3b mPOWER system.

 

Satellite’s Starring Role in the Distribution of Movie Files

by Henrik Axelsson

Norwalk, Conn., May 2, 2023--It is only over the last 20 or so years that the movie industry has made the switch to digital, foregoing costly and cumbersome celluloid reels and hard drives for digitally projected films. In that time, the way that those movies files are distributed has advanced dramatically. 

 

Creonic Introduces FEC IP Core Solution for SDA Free-Space Optical OCT V3.0 Standard

Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 27, 2023-– Creonic GmbH, the leading provider of IP cores for satellite communications, today revealed its latest solution for free-space optical (FSO) communications with immediate availability. The Space Development Agency (SDA) introduced the Optical Communications Terminal (OCT) Standard V3.0 with the intention to enable interoperability between optical communication terminals where at least one endpoint is space-based.It targets space-to-space (S2S), space-to-air (S2A),space-to-maritime (S2M), and space-to-ground (S2G) applications.

ST Engineering iDirect provides Roberts Communications Network with Advanced Media and Broadcast Technology for Future Expansion

Herndon, VA, April 17, 2023 - ST Engineering iDirect, a global leader in satellite communications, has reinforced its long-standing partnership with Roberts Communications Network (RCN) to further augment the latter’s performance and efficiency to deliver live events for some of the biggest names in live sports broadcasting.