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Astrocast will collaborate with Thuraya to explore expanding service offerings across GEO and LEO satellite assets.
The Thuraya–Astrocast agreement includes plans to explore ways to expand service offerings across geostationary (GEO) and Low Earth Orbit (LEO) assets.
As part of the agreement, Thuraya and Astrocast will seek to extend a technical cooperation agreement for another four years that was originally entered in 2019.
Yahsat and Thuraya are seeking to expand their service offering across GEO and LEO.
Thuraya is providing Swiss small satellite operator Astrocast a $17,500,000 convertible loan that could later be converted into shares in Astrocast.
Thuraya and Astrocast agreed on terms for the convertible loan on 2023-04-03.
Thuraya is the mobile satellite services subsidiary of geostationary orbit (GEO) operator Yahsat.
Thuraya 4-NGS is a satellite constellation operated by Yahsat that will host the communications technologies and location services delivered by Comtech.
Al Yah Satellite Communications Company PJSC (Yahsat) awarded Comtech Telecommunications a $29,000,000 contract to deliver communications technologies and location services for the Thuraya 4-NGS satellite constellation.
Yahsat operates three broadband satellites in geostationary orbit and acquired Thuraya in 2018.
SpaceX is slated to launch Yahsat’s Thuraya-4 NGS satellite in 2024.
Thuraya’s L-band constellation comprises two aging satellites that together cover two-thirds of the globe and provide connectivity across commercial and government markets from Europe to the Asia Pacific.
Yahsat ordered a next-generation L-band satellite called Thuraya-4 NGS from Airbus in 2020 to refresh part of Thuraya’s constellation.
The RFGeo signal catalog includes VHF Marine Communications, UHF Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), UHF Push-to-talk radios, GPS Interference, L-Band mobile satellite communications such as Thuraya and Inmarsat devices, and X-Band and S-Band maritime and land-based radars.
VHF Flex and UHF Flex join HawkEye 360’s RFGeo catalog that includes VHF Marine Communications, UHF Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB), UHF Push-to-talk radios, GPS Interference, L-Band mobile satellite communications (such as Thuraya and Inmarsat devices), and X- and S-Band maritime and land-based radars.
Yahsat acquired Thuraya in 2018.
Thuraya SatTrack for Land is developed for vehicles equipped with Thuraya T2M-DUAL tracking and monitoring terminals.
Thuraya Push-to-Talk is designed to provide secure interoperability among multiple users with different communication systems on land and at sea.
The antenna used under Astrocast’s agreement with Thruaya can receive GPS signals and operate for 7 to 10 years on a single battery.
Thuraya partners with IEC Telecom on many maritime services.