Connectivity

Quicklink Video Distribution Services has announced a Ka Network enhancement to its BT Tower in London.

Australian satellite operator NewSat has secured financing to the tune of $611 million for its Jabiru 1 satellite project. The company worked with the Export-Import Bank of the United States and

SES Broadband Services signed a new deal with pan-European satellite broadband Internet Service Provider (ISP) EuropaSat. Also, SES signed a comprehensive collaboration agreement with Space Systems International Monaco S.A.M. (SSI-Monaco).

ST Engineering, the Singapore based company, has released an update on its satellite and communications business in the second quarter.

After 11 and a half years tracking sea levels, NASA’s satellite Jason 1 has ended its useful life, the agency announced

Advantech Wireless has successfully deployed the DVB-RCS Discovery 300 Hub system delivered under contract to OJSC Gazprom Space Systems (GSS) for a network based on Yamal 201 satellite’s resources.

Astro Malaysia Holdings plans to use transponder capacity on the Measat 3c (M3c) satellite for a fee of $500 million Malaysian Ringgit ($156.9 million) over a period of 15 years from its commencement date.

Indonesian satellite TV provider PT. Global Comm Nusantara (GCN) has selected Viaccess-Orca's Smartcard Conditional Access System (CAS) to support an upcoming interactive satellite-based DTH service called neotv.

Hughes Network Systems conducted a seminar last week in Mexico where more than 100 senior-level satellite industry executives including operators, service providers and government officials discussed the latest technology developments in the business.

U.K.-based Surrey Satellite Technology is no stranger to delivering small satellite missions, in fact, since the company’s birth in 1981, it has already launched 41 of such spacecraft.