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Spacecom and Paratus to Provide Broadband Connectivity Services in Africa

Via the AMOS-17 Satellite

Spacecom has announced the signing to maritime and aeronautical markets”, said combination of broad regional beams and
of a contract with Paratus, a pan-African Paratus South Africa Managing Director high throughput spot beams that maximize
telecommunications service provider Kallie Carlsen. "Spacecom welcomes throughput and spectral efficiency. AMOS-
that offers a wide range of connectivity Paratus on board our advanced AMOS-17 17 supports connectivity between Africa,
solutions to more than 22 African countries satellite and we are delighted to provide the Middle East, Europe, India and China.
through an extensive independently Paratus with capacity for their expanding Paratus South Africa is committed to
owned network, via the fully digital communication needs in Africa.” Said be an end-to-end, single-point service
AMOS-17satellite. “AMOS-17’s unique today Spacecom’s VP Sales for SADC, provider to customers whose businesses
performance and capabilities, highly Lior Melnik, and added “I believe our extend to geographically remote areas and
flexible service architecture, combined partnership will continue to grow further those who need a versatile communication
with its central position over Africa provide in the near future, and satellite services solution that can be easily implemented.
an excellent solution to the growing digital via AMOS-17 will enhance Paratus’ growth Through leveraging business technologies
needs in Africa. We are happy to contract in Africa”. AMOS-17 is a fully digital HTS such as the AMOS-17 satellite, businesses
services on the AMOS-17 satellite, which satellite, designed specifically to meet can enjoy the instant integration of satellite
will provide a wide variety of users with cost Africa’s fast-growing communication into their value proposition which can be
effective, ubiquitous coverage and reliable demands. The satellite’s C-Band HTS, Ka- tailored to meet their needs.
connectivity spanning from remote regions Band and Ku-Band coverage, enable the

Inmarsat, Addvalue Debut Inter-Satellite Data Relay System Linking LEO

and GEO

Inmarsat and Addvalue have established station to transmit data, but the new growing at an exponential rate. What is
a real-time link between satellites in high data link allows LEO satellites to stay critical to LEO operators such as Capella
and Low-Earth Orbit (LEO), the companies in continuous communication with the Space is the ability to offer timely services
announced Monday. This new system ground, and transmit data in realtime. their customers now expect in a connected
consists of an Addvalue on-board terminal Todd McDonell, president of Inmarsat world. Inmarsat’s L-band satellite
and the Inmarsat data relay service. Global Government, commented, “In-orbit network is uniquely placed to facilitate
The companies have been working to connectivity represents an exciting new seamless real-time communications
offer this communications service since growth market for both Inmarsat and that are designed for mobility and can be
2017. The new Inter-satellite Data Relay Addvalue. This LEO smallsat market is administered globally.”
System (IDRS) service was commissioned
on Capella Space’s Sequoia satellite at
10:14 a.m. PST on Nov. 12. The Capella
satellite in LEO communicated with
Inmarsat’s I-4 satellite network, which
operates at the L-band spectrum and
sits in Geostationary Orbit (GEO). “This
is huge. Capella becomes the first and
only commercial SAR [Synthetic Aperture
Radar] company in the world to use a GEO
satellite for real time tasking. This means
faster delivery times and more actionable
information from space,” Capella Space
CEO Payam Banazadeh tweeted. Inmarsat
said this service will cut waiting times
for data transfer from LEO from several
hours to minutes. Traditionally, LEO
satellites must be in range of a ground

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