Satellite operators Hispasat and Intelsat have reached an agreement to expand and extend the agreement reached in 2019 to lease the capacity on Hispasat’s latest satellite, Amazonas Nexus. Specifically, this new partnership includes long-term leasing of the entire satellite capacity available over the United States and Brazil, as well as a significant part of the […]
Hispasat’s new satellite has completed the necessary ground infrastructure for its entry into service in the middle of this year. Amazonas Nexus is specially designed to offer high quality connectivity for air and maritime mobility services and will effectively contribute to reduce the digital gap in Latin America in an efficient way. Hispasat has reached […]
Travelxp, the creator of exclusive specialised travel content, has selected Hispasat as the satellite operator to distribute its HD channel in Latin America for the next three years. The teleport at Lurin (Peru) and the Amazonas satellite fleet, located at 61° West, will be used for this purpose. Travelxp HD is a pay-per-view thematic travel […]
Hispasat has reached an agreement with Eurovision Services to distribute the best European sport via satellite in Latin America for one year, including the main continental football competitions. In this way, Eurovision Services will deliver the signal of these events to the Hispasat teleport in Lurin (Peru) and, from there, it will be sent to […]
Enensys Technologies, a provider of Video Quality monitoring solutions through its brand TestTree, is pleased to announce that Hispasat, leading satellite communications operator in Spanish and Portuguese, selected TestTree StreamProbe OTT and TestTree EdgeProbe Advanced Satellite to supervise Wave OTT Plus, its white-label platform for video service distribution. Hispasat is the leading satellite communications operator […]
Madrid-based satellite operator Hispasat has said it will offer broadband to “all towns” in Spain “this year”, after having been granted a provisional contract covering connection services in rural areas, which is expected to rise to definitive supplier. Hispasat’s download speed will be 100 Mb/s, and which will rise to 200 Mb/s in 2024, according […]
Gilat Satellite Networks has announced that Hispasat, a global satellite operator based in Spain, has selected Gilat’s SkyEdge IV platform for operation with its Amazonas Nexus satellite. This marks an expansion of the strategic partnership between the two companies that will enable Hispasat to deliver high-performance, satellite-based fixed data and mobility services. SkyEdge IV, Gilat’s […]
SpaceX delivered a textbook launch of Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus in the early hours of February 7th (at 03.32 GMT). The satellite, weighing some 4500 kgs, will serve Hispasat’s Americas clients. The satellite also carries an additional element to serve the US Space Agency in the form of a “high-bandwidth protected communications transponder” as part of […]
Spanish satellite operator Hispasat, now majority owned by infrastructure business Restel, has bought a 10.85 per cent stake in Grupo Sylvestris, a reforestation initiative backed by the Repsol Foundation. Its ‘Green Engine’ scheme, with Hispasat’s involvement, was agreed last year and now confirmed by lawyers acting for Hispasat. Hispasat and Repsol have an agreement to […]
Built by Thales-Alenia Space, Hispasat’s Amazonas Nexus satellite is ready at Cape Canaveral for launch. The satellite left Nice Airport on the Cote d’Azur having been delivered from Thales’ facility at Cannes. SpaceX will be handling the launch currently scheduled for February 1st. Amazonas Nexus is a 4500 kgs satellite and the launch will place […]