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SES WORLD SKIES, U.S. Government Solutions announced it has signed a major capacity agreement with ARTEL to extend U.S. Government communications capabilities in the Middle East. ARTEL has taken service on four full Ku-band transponders (144 MegaHertz) on board SES’ ASTRA 3B satellite, which was launched May 21 from Kourou, French Guiana. This follows a multi-transponder deal between SES and ARTEL in 2009, bringing ARTEL’s total bandwidth procurement on the ASTRA 3B spacecraft to eight, 36 MHz-equivalent transponders, or 288 MHz. The capacity will support essential communications applications in the Middle East, and will deliver broadband, IP voice, data and video capabilities to entities within the U.S. Government. “Supporting the critical communications of our U.S. Government customers...
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