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January 11th, 2018

GovSat a New Brand and Joint Venture of Government of Luxembourg and SES ...Arrives for SpaceX Launch


The beginning of a new year and the first spacecraft of a joint venture and brand, GovSat, between the Government of Luxembourg and major satellite operator SES has arrived at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, and is scheduled for launch at the end of this month on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.

The Tweet message from Patrick Biewer, CEO of GovSat stated

“We are committed to our mission of providing secure satellite communication services for governments and institutions. GovSat-1, with its highly flexible payload featuring advanced encryption and anti-jamming capabilities, will further secure the connectivity for our users’ applications. We are incredibly excited about the upcoming launch of this satellite.”

The multi-mission satellite was built by Orbital ATK and is designed for the exclusive use of governments and institutions. Located at the 21.5 degrees East orbital slot, GovSat-1 will serve Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including substantial maritime coverage over the Mediterranean and Baltic seas, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

GovSat’s mission is to provide secure, reliable and accessible governmental satellite communication services to address the demand resulting from defense and institutional security applications. The company’s first satellite GovSat-1 is a multi-mission satellite that will use X-band and Military Ka-band frequencies on high-power and fully steerable mission beams to support multiple operations.