While there is a lot of talk about how the major operators are going to invest in satellite capability going forward, a number of regional operators also face a similar dilemma. Via Satellite spoke with to Arabsat CEO Khalid Balkheyour; Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) Deputy Director General for Business Development Ksenia Drozdova; Thaicom CCO Nile Suwansiri; and Avanti Communications CEO Kyle Whitehill about their plans, their hopes for SATELLITE 2020, and what they would like to see next as we head into this new decade.
Working together with the partner companies, RSCC technical services have arranged the transfer of the central station satellite broadband access network in the Ka-band, originally operating from Express-AM6 satellite, to Express-AMU1 satellite (36 degrees E).
After reconfiguring the payload of the Express-AM6 spacecraft (53 ° E) on March 25, 2020, Ka-band transponders were shut off.
In the run-up to celebration of the 75th Anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War and in support of the All-Russian Movement in commemoration of those events, Russian Satellite Communications Company launches a special page “Immortal Regiment of Russian Satellite Communications Company” on its corporate website.
5 March 2020, Hotel National in Moscow hosted the round-table meeting devoted to the topical issues of development of the Russian VSAT market. The event was organized by Comnews Group in cooperation with Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC). The round-table meeting brought together the top executives of the Russian satellite and VSAT service providers, manufacturers and suppliers of equipment and solutions.
In preparation for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, RSCC, together with satellite communications services providers, launches the promo “For the 75th Anniversary of the Great Victory”. Users who are connected to the satellite broadband service in the Ka-band for the first time will get 75 Gb of traffic for free.
In Zheleznogorsk at the ISS Reshetnev JSC, a scientific and technical council was held with the participation of the Deputy Head of the Federal Communications Agency Igor Chursin, General Director of RSCC Yuri Prokhorov and the management of JSC Academician M.F. Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems.
On January 28, 2020 RSCC and Satis-TL-94 JSC provided a satellite communication channel, which was used to arrange a teleconference space bridge with the Antarctic Bellingshausen Station. The event is timed to the celebration of the 200th anniversary of the discovery of Antarctica by Russian navigators and explorers Faddey Bellingshausen and Mikhail Lazarev.
Tricolor was awarded a RSCC’s special prize “For the development of innovative technologies in the field of satellite broadcasting” at Bolshaya Tsifra award ceremony that took place on January 29.
On January 31, 2020, the Satellite Communications Center Dubna, the branch of the Russian Satellite Communications Company, celebrates the 40th anniversary since its formation. The SCC Dubna was established in 1980 as an Olympic facility for broadcasting of the 1980 Moscow Olympics to the European countries and the Atlantic region. Today, the SCC Dubna is the largest teleport of Russia and Eastern Europe.
The staff members of the Russian Satellite Communications Company feel deep sorrow at the severe loss.
On January 28-30, 2020, Moscow, Crocus Expo will host the international television and telecommunications exhibition and forum CSTB Telecom & Media 2020. The specialists of the Russian Satellite Communications Company together with the partners will demonstrate at their stand the latest satellite technologies for providing the high-speed satellite Internet to business sector and private users, tell about the communication services on marine crafts, as well as about various options for delivering the media content.
A new year and new decade, and with these milestones, so it is that the World Teleport Association (WTA) published its annual rankings for the Top Teleport Operators of 2019. The annual rankings of companies by revenue and revenue growth are compiled by surveying teleport operators around the world as well as referencing the published results of publicly-held companies.
The World Teleport Association published the annual Top Operators Rating for 2019 based on the study of the revenue growth rates and comparison of the revenue of teleports and satellite operators in all regions of the world. According to the results of analysis of the work for the past year, the Russian Satellite Communications Company took the 12th place having risen 4 positions up as compared to the rating of 2018.
On January 15, 2020, the Russian Satellite Communications Company under the supervision of Rossvyaz and in cooperation with the All-Russian State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company and Channel One, JSC carried out a large-scale work to prepare and ensure high-quality continuous broadcasting of the federal television and radio programs through its own technical means and spacecrafts during the address of President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin to the Federal Assembly.
The event is oriented towards the participants in the insurance market that are able to provide the insurance/reinsurance coverage of the spacecrafts for the period of on-orbit operation. At the meeting, it is planned to highlight the general condition of the spacecrafts subject to insurance, as well as their basic systems.
For merits in the development of satellite communications and many years of dedicated work, RSCC Director General Yuri Prokhorov was awarded the Order of Friendship.
On December 4, 2019, President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Heydar oglu Aliyev has gained insight into RSCC stand at the largest exhibition of telecommunications, innovations and high technologies in the Caspian region BAKUTEL-2019 in Baku.
On December 3, 2019, Russian satellite communications operator Russian Satellite Communications Company (RSCC) and Azerbaijan’s satellite communications operator Azercosmos signed a cooperation agreement pertaining to satellite communications and broadcasting services in Baku, Azerbaijan, as part of the international telecommunications and IT show BAKUTEL 2019.
On November 23-26, 2019, Yaroslavl hosted the All-Russia Forum of Professional Navigation "Proektoria 2019". The event is held under the auspices and with the participation of Russian President Vladimir Putin. RSCC is a traditional partner of the forum, and this year company presented the case study "Satellite Internet of Things for Digital Economy".
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