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China Launches New Mobile Telecommunication Satellite

China successfully launched a new mobile telecommunication
satellite from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest
China's Sichuan Province on Thursday. The Tiantong 1-02 satellite
was launched at 23:59 (Beijing Time) by a Long March-3B carrier
rocket. Tiantong-1 is a satellite mobile communication system
independently developed and built by China. It consists of a space
segment, ground segment, and user terminal. Developed by the
China Academy of Space Technology, the Tiantong 1-02 satellite
will establish a mobile network with ground facilities to provide
all-weather, all-time, stable and reliable mobile communication
services such as voice, short message and data for users in
China and its surrounding areas, the Middle East, Africa and other
related regions, as well as most sea areas in the Pacific Ocean
and Indian Ocean. This launch was the 352nd by the Long March
rocket series.

Satcoms Agreement Boosts Rural Internet in Senegal

Senegal’s postal authority has signed an VSAT sites to its hub in Dakar. Spacecom service architecture flexibility and higher
agreement with satellite communication says it will be providing La Poste with over throughput at reduced operational costs,
service provider Spacecom. The deal will double its current capacity, which will not says Spacecom. La Poste has deployed its
help the public company in charge of postal only serve its 200 remote post offices but own satellite network all over Senegal, with
services in Senegal to provide internet will also give the country’s rural population 200 remote sites operating with Eutelsat in
services to the country’s rural population. access to internet services and allow Ku-Band from 2007. La Poste now plans
This is a multi-year contract with La Poste, La Poste to provide additional services to increase the number of its remote sites
the Senegalese Post Authority, as part of and applications to its rural customers and will provide additional applications
which Spacecom will migrate La Poste throughout the country. Spacecom’s and content to the rural population in
from its current satellite provider to the AMOS-17 fully digital and advanced Senegal directly from post offices. A
AMOS-17 satellite but will utilize La Poste’s high throughput satellite (HTS) supports number of other satellite projects relating
existing VSAT equipment. The network a variety of broadcast, broadband and to internet connectivity are said to be
communication will be via the AMOS-17’s data services from its 17˚E orbital slot. under consideration by La Poste.
Ku band beam and will connect La Poste’s The satellite’s capabilities allow maximal

Ovzon Introduces Ovzon Go Satellite
Internet at Up To 10 Mbps

Swedish company Ovzon has announced the introduction of Ovzon
Go, a satellite service providing flexible and fast internet using the
smallest terminals. Its packaged service plans offer on-the-move
and on-the-pause terminals, including the new Ovzon T6. Ovzon
Go supplies up to 10 Mbps for transmission and reception, based
on Ovzon’s regional satellite capacity. Ovzon said that Ovzon Go
complements the Ovzon Hero, which it described as an advanced,
tailored, high-performance service aimed at the most demanding
customers on critical missions. Ovzon Her provides service
exceeding 50 Mbps for transmission and reception using laptop-
sized portable terminals. The Hero service is based on Ovzon’s
global satellite capacity including steerable high-power beams.

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