The two Intelsat television broadcasting satellites are heading for geostationary orbit as part of a multibillion-dollar programme to clear C-band frequencies...
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SES will use the satellites to continue to deliver C-band broadcast and radio services as well as critical data network services.
SES-22 is the first to launch six geostationary satellites that SES ordered to migrate broadcast customers into a narrower swath of C-band.
Multicast functionality allows live events to be streamed without duplicating streams, providing high-quality live coverage.
The company has ordered six satellites to provide the necessary capacity for its customers, with SES-18, SES-19, SES-20, SES-21 and SES-22 all to be launched...
SpaceX will also launch Turkey’s first domestically built communications satellite in Q1 2023.
SES has picked Thales Alenia Space to build the Astra 1P and Astra 1Q satellites for a launch in 2024.
In Kenya and South Africa, KBC's Signet broadcasts over 70 television stations and a number of radio stations.
Measat plans to add the Measat-3d satellite in 2022, which will replace Measat-3a and enhance the 91.5 degrees East video neighbourhood.
An agreement with Nilesat was due to be renewed back in the summer.
Nilesat customers throughout the African continent will benefit from TVU Networks' IP contribution and delivery solution.
Eutelsat 9B sits at 9 degrees East orbital location and has regional footprints in Germany, Greece, Italy, and the Nordics with the Baltics and Ukraine.
