As the first of 33 Chilean miners trapped for a record 69 days was successfully rescued, SES WORLD SKIES, a division of SES S.A. (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), was enabling broadcasters and news agencies to update captivated audiences around the world. The NSS-7 satellite, a powerful, hybrid spacecraft over the Atlantic Ocean, was instrumental in delivering live coverage to millions of television viewers and radio listeners from the U.S. to Japan and everywhere in between. Japan’s public broadcasting organization, NHK, tapped 27 MHz of occasional capacity aboard the SES WORLD SKIES satellite to bring live details and personal profiles of the miners to enthralled onlookers glued to the unprecedented drama. “The world rarely has the opportunity to watch such a...
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