Focus: Middle East & Africa
February 7, 2020
Infostellar’s customers will have access to Azercosmos’ satellite constellations from the Azercosmos Ground Station (AGS), located in the Absheron Peninsula, according to an agreement the companies announced on Feb. 6. The CEO and Chairman of the Azerbaijani satellite operator, Rashad Nabiyev, said that Infostellar’s StellarStation platform will be integrated with the ground station so organizations…
January 29, 2020
Comtech Telecommunications has agreed to acquire Israeli ground segment company Gilat Satellite Networks in a transaction that could produce a "dominant" force in the cellular backhaul market. Comtech announced Wednesday that it reached an agreement with Gilat to acquire the company in a cash and stock transaction for $10.25 per Gilat ordinary share, of which…
January 28, 2020
Eutelsat Communications’ has announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite has entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, Europe, the Middle East, and Turkey. On Monday night, Eutelsat migrated a number of services from EUTELSAT 7A to EUTELSAT 7C, including Turkish Pay-TV platform Digiturk, Turkish national broadcaster TRT, and Globecast…
January 17, 2020
Arianespace successfully launched a dual-satellite Ariane 5 mission from French Guiana on Thursday, placing the EUTELSAT KONNECT and GSAT-30 into geostationary transfer orbit. The launch, designated Flight VA251, was Arianespace’s first of the year. It was was the 315th mission by the Arianespace launcher family and the 107th by an Ariane 5 version. Both satellites,…