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- 21 Sept 2023
NIGCOMSAT, Thales Alenia Space Renew Satellite Deal
Nigerian Communications Satellite Ltd (NIGCOMSAT) and Thales Alenia Space (TAS) have renewed a joint venture agreement in Toulouse, France, for the development of Satellite Based Augmentation System…
- 27 Dec 2018
NIGCOMSAT, Thales Alenia Sign Pact on Satellite Based Augmentation System
Nigerian Communications Satellite (NIGCOMSAT) Ltd. has signed a Cooperative Agreement with Thales Alenia Space in Toulouse, France to collaborate on the testing of NigComSat-1R payload and…
- 14 Sept 2020
NigComSat Dangles Africa’s First Satellite Navigation Services
NigComSat has struck a collaboration with ASECNA and Thales Alenia Space to provide the first Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) signal over Africa & Indian Ocean (AFI). The service,…
- 18 Sept 2020
Satellite Operators Push New Signal across Africa, Indian Ocean Regions
The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA), has started to broadcast a Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) signal over Africa and Indian Ocean (AFI), providing its…
- 6 Jun 2021
NIGCOMSAT Partners Others to Test-Run SBAS Helicopter in Cameroon
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT); the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar; and Thales Alenia Space, recently carried out a Satellite-Based Augmentation…
- 4 Mar 2019
Eutelsat Announces Successful Mating of KONNECT Satellite Payload to cover Western Europe and Africa
Eutelsat Communications announces the successful mating of the platform and payload of the KONNECT satellite, conducted this week at Thales Alenia Space's facilities in Cannes. This operation is a…
- 16 Jun 2015
Airbus to Build Satellites for OneWeb to Beam Internet from Space
Airbus Group will design and build about 900 satellites for privately owned OneWeb Ltd, which plans to offer high-speed, space-based Internet access to billions of people worldwide, company officials…
- 5 Apr 2019
O3b Satellites Roar into Space, Scaling SES’s MEO Constellation
Four O3b Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) satellites were successfully launched by Arianespace at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, according to SES. The Soyuz launch marks a…
- 19 Sept 2021
NIGCOMSAT to Launch 2 Satellites to Replace NigComSat 1-R Satellite
Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited (NIGCOMSAT), will launch two new satellites, NigComSat-2 and NigComSat-3 in 2023 and 2025 respectively to replace the current NigComSat 1-R, which is…
- 23 Mar 2009
NigComSat-1R, Still an Opportunity to Explore
Recently, the revolution in the world’s weather condition has caused a lot of changes in the atmosphere of orbit, which has led to satellite failures most especially in 2008. This development…