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Cobham SATCOM develops, manufactures, sells and supports satellite and radio communication terminals and earth stations for land, marine and airborne applications. With the ever increasing demand for communication, our products and services are used to satisfy the needs of a wide variety of commercial, governmental and recreational applications.

Cobham SATCOM uses state-of-the-art technologies to design affordable, highly reliable high performance systems that have decreased over time in terms of size, weight and power consumption. Our products enable people to stay in touch under the most challenging and demanding conditions. When traditional communication technologies fail, Cobham SATCOM’s products will keep providing our customers with high quality voice, data, and multimedia communications.

Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) is a unique operator of broadcasting satellites in 12GHz BSS band in Japan. The company was established in April 1993 and is located in Tokyo, Japan. Since then, B-SAT has worked toward providing stable satellite operations and continuity of broadcast services. B-SAT currently owns and manages five satellites: BSAT-3a, BSAT-3b and BSAT-3c for digital broadcast services, BSAT-2a and BSAT-2c for backup satellites. In addition, B-SAT provides Japanese broadcasters with uplink services for conveying digital broadcast programs to satellites.

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company Limited (AsiaSat), the leading satellite operator in Asia, serves over two-thirds of the world’s population with its six satellites, AsiaSat 3S, AsiaSat 4, AsiaSat 5, AsiaSat 6, AsiaSat 7 and AsiaSat 8. The AsiaSat satellite fleet serves both the broadcast and telecommunications industries. Over 700 television and radio channels are now delivered by the company’s satellites offering access to more than 830 million TV households across the Asia-Pacific region. AsiaSat’s next satellite, AsiaSat 9 on order from the manufacturer is planned to be launched in Q2 2017. AsiaSat is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Limited, a company listed on The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited (Stock Code: 1135).

Located in Palo Alto, California, MAXAR has a long history of delivering reliable satellites and spacecraft systems for commercial and government customers around the world. The company designs and builds some of the world’s largest and most powerful commercial satellites and has more GEO commercial capacity on orbit than any other satellite manufacturer. MAXAR works closely with satellite operators and service providers to deliver spacecraft for direct-to-home television, digital audio radio, broadband Internet, digital multimedia broadcasting, and a variety of other services. Billions of people around the world depend on MAXAR satellites every day.

SpaceX develops, manufactures and launches the world’s most advanced rockets and spacecraft. The Falcon 9 delivered back-to-back successes with its first three debut launches. All three flights achieved 100% of mission objectives and the third flight made history, making SpaceX the first commercial company in history to visit the International Space Station With over 40 launches on manifest representing nearly $4B in revenues, SpaceX is the world’s fastest growing launch services provider, with commercial launches representing over 60% of upcoming missions.

Founded in 2002 by Elon Musk, SpaceX is a privately owned company with over 1,800 employees in California, Texas and Florida.

O3b Networks is a global satellite service provider building a next-generation satellite network for telecommunications operators, Internet service providers, enterprise and Government customers in emerging markets. The O3b system will combine the global reach of satellite with the speed of a fiber-optic network providing billions of consumers and businesses in nearly 180 countries with low-cost, high-speed, low latency Internet and mobile connectivity. O3b Networks’ investors are SES, Google, Liberty Global, HSBC Principal Investments, Northbridge Venture Partners, Allen & Company, Development Bank of Southern Africa, Sofina, Satya Capital and Luxempart. O3b Networks is headquartered in St. John, Jersey, Channel Islands.

Newtec is specialized in designing, developing and manufacturing equipment and technologies for satellite communications. As a pioneer in the industry, Newtec is dedicated to creating new possibilities for the broadcast, consumer and enterprise VSAT, government and defense, cellular backhaul and trunking and mobility, offshore and maritime markets. Our products and technologies can be applied in a wide range of single and multiservice applications from DTH broadcasting, video contribution and distribution and disaster recovery and backbones for cellular backhauling, to small and medium enterprises, SCADA and oil and gas networks, aircrafts and vessels.

Since 1985, our dedicated team of specialists has set industry standards with the most efficient, scalable and economical technology solutions. New challenges and customer needs offer opportunities to explore new boundaries. This empowers us to work even harder, helping customers to perform their best so that, together, we can make the world a safer, more informed and connected place. As a result, more than 3 billion people watch TV every day thanks to Newtec technology.

Newtec is a European company headquartered in Sint-Niklaas, Belgium. Through additional commercial offices in Dubai (UAE), Singapore, Beijing (China), Sao Paulo (Brazil) and Stamford, CT (USA) as well as an extensive network of over 100 certified partners, Newtec can meet customer’s needs worldwide.

International Launch Services (ILS) is a global leader in providing commercial launch services for satellite operators worldwide offering a complete array of services and support, from contract signing through mission management and on-orbit delivery. ILS has exclusive rights to market the Proton and future Angara vehicles, has launched most commercial satellite platforms and worked with all major satellite operators worldwide. ILS is a U.S. company headquartered in Reston, Va., near Washington, D.C.

Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, which holds the majority interest in ILS, is one of the cornerstones of the Russian space industry. Khrunichev manufactures the Proton system and is developing the next generation Angara launch system. The heritage Proton vehicle launches from facilities at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, has a heritage of over 360 missions since 1965 and the highest launch rate of any single launch system in the industry.

Aetheric Engineering Ltd is an independent consultancy, specializing in all aspects of Satellite Communications. Our expertise and experience cover both space and ground segments (including satellites, control centers, TT&C ground stations, IOT facilities, communications earth stations and VSAT networks) and we can provide advice and support throughout the project cycle from design & feasibility studies, through procurement, project management, implementation, testing, commissioning and operation. Our spacecraft support includes In-Orbit testing.