Spacecom, operator of the AMOS satellite fleet, today announced that Nigeria-based IDS Africa is the newest broadcaster to sign up for broadcast services on the AMOS-17 satellite.

The satellite is scheduled to be launched to its 17°E orbital position in August 2019. IDS Africa will use the satellite to broadcast Channels TV news programming throughout Nigeria as well as to the Nigerian diaspora in Europe. Spacecom worked closely with local partner Intertel Nigeria to bring this deal to fruition.

Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications, has provided a Newtec Dialog hub system to enhance the live broadcast capabilities of Telemedia, a media broadcast company based in Sandton, South Africa.

Hispasat is once again sponsoring the 2019 Summer Courses, organised each year by the Complutense University of Madrid in the El Escorial - María Cristina Royal University Centre, held from 1 to 26 July.

Hispasat is collaborating in the courses by providing the Complutense University with a technological solution to set up the satellite link. The link will be used by news and TV programmes that want to send up-to-date Course images and news made by the Complutense University production company (UCMTV).

The new Taurus-X 1000W X-Band GaN based SSPA is perfectly suited for harsh environments and is both designed and manufactured by Advantech to meet stringent military requirements.

Speedcast International Limited (ASX:SDA) (OTCMKTS:SPPDF), a provider of remote communication and IT solutions, and XipLink Inc., a technology leader in Wireless Link Optimization, have announced a strategic partnership to develop comprehensive technologies to maximize efficiencies in data transfer across wide area networks (WAN).

Newtec, a specialist in the design, development and manufacture of equipment for satellite communications is working with QinetiQ on two key projects as it enters the Belgian space market.QinetiQ – a leading science and engineering company operating primarily in the defense, security, space and air markets – has chosen Newtec’s Manufacturing Competence Center (MCC), in Erpe-Mere, Belgium, to provide the soldering of on-board electronics for two projects.

Telecommunications company Satlink, which specialises in products and services intended for the maritime sector, has chosen Hispasat, the Spanish satellite telecommunications operator, to strengthen its satellite connectivity solutions (VSAT) portfolio in Europe and Latin America.

This new solutions will be provided through the operator's platforms in Bogotá (Colombia) and Arganda del Rey (Spain).

At the Satellite 2019 show in Washington, D.C., Satellite Markets and Research Editor-in-Chief Virgil Labrador was given a demo of Amphinicy's Blink software solution for earth observation applications.

Co-operation between Paradigm and UHP is set to continue with the integration of the UHP-200 modem into Paradigm’s field-proven PIM. The PIM is an easy-to-use, environmentally rugged terminal controller which enables mobile satellite terminals to be pointed and optimised quickly by non-technical users.

The PIM supports the UHP-200 modem, providing impressively high data rates on a range of high throughput satellites utilising UHP-based networks.  Operations using Paradigm’s ‘internet-in-a-backpack’ SWARM® terminal have delivered IP data rates exceeding 20Mbps duplex.

The Inspiring Girls Foundation and Hispasat, the Spanish satellite communications operator, today hosted the event entitled “Girls and the Space Sector" in the Space Centre of the National Aerospace Technical Institute (INTA) in Maspalomas, the Canary Islands, with 50 girls attending from the Guanarteme de Las Palmas high school.