KT Sat, established in 2012 and headquartered in South Korea, is a satellite service provider and a subsidiary of KT Corp. It operates the KOREASAT fleet to deliver services including data, voice, broadcasting, and telecommunications to various sectors like maritime, government, and military, focusing on areas with limited ground network infrastructure. KT Sat is also expanding into new areas like space data services and multi-orbit satellite solutions and partners with companies like Rivada Space Networks and Nara Space to enhance its capabilities and market reach.
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neXat has entered into a partnership with KT SAT to offer KT SAT a full suite of managed services.
KT SAT will use the neXat platform to reach more service partners in local and remote locations.
KT SAT Corporation Ltd. and Thales Alenia Space signed a communications satellite contract in September 2022.
In September, Thales sold a classic GEO satellite without a software-defined payload to South Korea’s KT Sat as an option that can provide better economics for operators with stable demand forecasts and faster deployment.
KT SAT is planning to order a high throughput satellite to meet capacity needs in Southeast Asia.
KT SAT ordered a satellite from Thales Alenia Space for a launch in late 2024 to replace its aging Koreasat 6 spacecraft.
KT SAT submitted regulatory filings to the International Telecommunication Union last year to develop its own LEO constellation.
The satellite KT SAT ordered from Thales Alenia Space will not provide the expansion capacity KT SAT needs in the region.
This contract marks the third time that KT SAT has contracted Satconsult for expertise in monitoring and controlling the manufacturing process of a satellite.
Southern Aerospace & Telecom Consulting (Satconsult) has contracted with KT SAT to provide oversight during the build of the Koreasat 6A satellite.
Satconsult will support KT SAT onsite in Toulouse and Cannes to monitor day-to-day activities of the Koreasat 6A satellite program.
KT SAT selected Thales Alenia Space to design and build the Koreasat 6A satellite.
Thales Alenia Space signed a contract on 2022-09-12 to deliver the Koreasat 6A communications satellite for KT SAT in the fourth quarter of 2024.
KT SAT has coverage beyond South Korea over other countries in Asia, the Middle East, and Africa with its fleet of four fully owned satellites built by Thales Alenia Space and additional leased capacity from a satellite manufactured by what is now Maxar Technologies.
Thales Alenia Space will train and support KT SAT’s on-site engineering team and provide operational assistance throughout KOREASAT 6A’s lifetime.
KT SAT deploys a total of five satellites to provide user-customized services and global satellite coverage over Asia, the Middle East, and Africa.
KT Sat seeks partnerships to resell NGSO capacity to fill gaps it cannot provide for existing customers.
KTSat has provided services using satellites in geostationary orbit.
0.005 kg terminals were connected to the KT-SAT hybrid router to simultaneously transmit and receive multiple types of data or to use separate routes to and from a 0.005 kg network and a satellite.
The DTP implementation includes a JUPITER gateway and JUPITER terminals powering service on the KTSAT 7 (KT7) Ka-band satellite.