Lepton Starts North America Managed Satellite Services on Intelsat’s Horizons 1
By Caleb Henry | May 14, 2015
Horizon 1’s Ku-band footprint. Photo: Intelsat
[Via Satellite 05-14-2015] Lepton Global Solutions has launched a managed satellite network service for enterprise and government markets in North America. The company is providing services through Intelsat’s Horizons 1 satellite at 127 degrees west, and a Lepton-owned iDirect hub collocated with the operator’s Paumalu teleport on the island of Oahu, Hawaii.
Lepton will offer customized, managed turnkey satellite communications with network infrastructure designed to protect sensitive communications. The company plans to manage the end-to-end service from its Secure Operations Center (SOC) located at its Vienna, Va. headquarters.