SATELLITE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION President's Report February 2014 The Voice of the Satellite Industry Since 1995 DON T MISS THE SIA-ORGANIZED MILITARY TRACK PANELS AT: SIA HAS ORGANIZED SEVEN MILITARY TRACK PANELS AT THIS YEAR'S CONFERENCE INCLUDING THE "FEATURED PANEL" WHAT'S NEXT FOR DoD SPACE? Wednesday, March 12, 2014 at 4:45 p.m. 5:45 p.m. in Room: 207A The Department of Defense s space programs and policies are at a crossroads!! What lessons is the Department learning from the current generation of satellite programs and budgetary pressures? Moderated by Richard McKinney, Former, Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force for Space, this panel is scheduled to feature Doug Loverro, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy, and Former DoD Satellite Executive Bruce T. Bennett along with four senior commercial satellite industry executives. More information on this panel and the rest of the conference panels is available here.
SSPI HONORS THE SATELLITE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION WITH 2014 INDUSTRY INNOVATOR AWARD The Society of Satellite Professionals International (SSPI) will honor SIA, for its work towards export reform, with its 2014 Industry Innovator Award for non-profit organizations. The awards will be presented during the SSPI s Annual Gala, held on March 11 th, the opening night of the SATELLITE Conference and Exhibition in Washington, DC. For more than 20 years, the SSPI Industry Innovator Awards have recognized outstanding new contributions to the satellite industry by private-sector, public-sector, or non-profit organizations. Honorees are chosen by a committee of industry experts for accomplishments ranging across a broad spectrum of advanced satellite technology and business applications. In January 2013, SIA accomplished a goal that it had pursued for nearly fifteen years: substantial reform of the export control provisions instituted in the Fiscal Year 1999 Strom Thurmond National Defense Authorization Act, which required that all U.S. satellite exports be regulated as munitions under the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). The Fiscal Year 2013 National Defense Authorization Act, signed in January 2013 by President Barack Obama, repealed the 1999 provisions and enabled the Executive Branch to implement necessary reforms to export control rules for satellites. SIA CELEBRATES GOLD MEDAL SATELLITE COVERAGE AND THE INDUSTRY'S ROLE AT THE OLYMPIC WINTER GAMES IN SOCHI SIA celebrated the satellite industry s role at the XXII Olympic Winter Games which officially closed this past Sunday in Sochi, Russia. More than 11,000 media representatives and 90 broadcasters from 123 countries covered the 18 different sports and 98 events and commercial communications satellites carried television and media coverage from the Games to an estimated global audience of 3 billion people - live and as it happened. Commercial satellite operators SES, Intelsat, Eutelsat, and Telesat, provided satellite connectivity to broadcasters and news organizations so they could transmit live video content of the events to locations around the world. NBC Olympics, the U.S. rights holder for Olympic programming, relied on SES satellite capacity during its 1,500 hours of live coverage. Olympic viewers watched either via direct-tohome satellite TV companies, such as DIRECTV, or via cable TV services that received Olympic coverage from satellite feeds. TV channels and service providers also booked almost 5000 hours of satellite transmissions from Eutelsat Communications to bring around-the-clock coverage to viewers throughout Europe. Past Games organizers, broadcasters, security personnel and emergency first responders, have also relied on satellite telephones and satellite data terminals provided by companies such as Iridium and Inmarsat for telephone and broadband connectivity throughout the Olympic site. In addition, U.S. Olympic team members and officials, such as coaches of the U.S. Biathlon team, purchased satellite telephones for enhanced safety while in Sochi. Satellite imagery of the Winter Games venue also provided Olympic organizers with high-resolution photography in and around Sochi to enhance security, forecast weather conditions and track the environmental impact before, during and after the Olympics. U.S. satellite remote sensing company, DigitalGlobe, captured high resolution imagery of the Olympic venues from space daily throughout the
Games, and provisioned its collected imagery to customers for security planning, logistics, risk assessment, and monitoring of staging areas, as well as emergency response and disaster recovery. SIA ANNOUNCES RAYTHEON SPACE AND AIRBORNE SYSTEMS AS ITS LATEST MEMBER On February 18 th, SIA officially announced its latest member, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, a division of Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), a technology leader specializing in defense, security and civil markets throughout the world. SIA is pleased to welcome Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems to our Association, said Patricia Cooper, SIA s President. Their 45 years of experience in space technology for environmental sensing, space situational awareness and both enterprise and government solutions will augment SIA's growing membership of satellite sensing manufacturers and enhance SIA's representation of the broader U.S. satellite industry. We are excited to be a part of the Satellite Industry Association and participate in the Association s efforts to advance the interests of the commercial satellite industry, said Ron Stopher, director, Strategy and Business Development, Space Systems. We have a unique history as a sensor solution provider with a 45-year record of innovation and successful on-orbit performance, and we look forward to sharing that perspective with the SIA. SIA CONGRATULATES NEW VICE CHAIR OF FCC ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR WRC- 15 SIA congratulates Jennifer Manner, Vice President of Regulatory Affairs of EchoStar, on her appointment by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as the new Vice Chair of the FCC s advisory committee for the 2015 ITU World Radiocommunication Conference (WRC-15), scheduled to take place November 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland. On January 17 th. SIA President Patricia Cooper was also appointed by the FCC to join the advisory committee. The committee is chartered under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) to provide to the FCC with public views and recommendations in preparation for WRC-15. SIA joins a number of other satellite companies on the committee, underscoring the importance of this spectrum conference for the satellite community. More information regarding the FCC Advisory Committee for WRC-15 is available here. SIA FCC FILINGS SIA Comments on In-Flight Mobile Connectivity On February 14, SIA filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission, supporting the Commission s consideration of eliminating existing restrictions on in-flight use of mobile devices, which would permit aircraft operators to allow the use of such devices in the United States. SIA s filing is available here. SIA MEMBER NEWS TRUSTCOMM On February 25 th, TrustComm Inc., announced it has begun its international expansion with the construction of a gateway in Cyprus. Initially, the private ground infrastructure will enable
TrustComm to offer an enhanced version of its new Starlight mobile satellite services (MSS). TrustComm s Starlight, introduced in November 2013, is an end-to-end, U.S.-managed implementation of mobile satellite data and voice services. The dedicated gateway is being built in Cyprus. The new gateway s data switching equipment is provided by Hughes Network Systems and the earth-station systems are provided by Integral Systems Europe Ltd., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense and Security Solutions. The satellite space segment is provided by Thuraya. The new gateway will enable TrustComm to offer Starlight data services that are fully functional and independent from Thuraya s current packet gateway in Sharjah, UAE. With the advent of the new gateway, Starlight subscriber-authentication information will be managed and maintained in the United States. ORBITAL On February 21 st, Orbital Sciences Corporation (NYSE: ORB), announced that it had signed a commercial launch contract with Skybox Imaging to carry six high-resolution imaging and video-capable spacecraft into low-earth orbit (LEO) in late 2015 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA. The Skybox spacecraft will be launched aboard the Minotaur-C space launch vehicle, a commercial variant of the company s Minotaur product line that serves the U.S. government market. The mission will be overseen by the same Small-Class Launch Vehicles unit of the company s Launch Systems Group that has executed 25 consecutive successful Minotaur launches since 2000. Financial terms of the agreement were not released. SES On February 20 th, SES S.A. (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced that it had selected Airbus Defence and Space (formerly known as Astrium) to build its latest communications satellite, SES-10. The satellite will significantly grow SES s capacity to serve the thriving markets of Latin America. The new satellite will expand SES s capabilities in Latin America and the Caribbean through high power beams tailored to provide direct-to-home broadcasting, enterprise and broadband connectivity services in the entire region. SES-10 will be built by Airbus Defence and Space based on its Eurostar E3000 platform. The satellite is designed to operate for 15 years in geosynchronous orbit, utilizing an electric plasma propulsion system for on-orbit manoeuvres and a chemical system for initial orbit raising and some on-orbit manoeuvres. KRATOS On February 18 th, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), announced the release of quantumcmd, a lightweight, portable command and control (C2) system designed specifically for small satellite missions. quantumcmd consolidates Telemetry, Tracking and Command functions in a single off-the-shelf product. Commercial and government operators are looking increasingly toward solutions such as small satellites, also known by names such as microsats, CubeSats and nanosats, which are compact alternatives than can be built and deployed at lower costs and with less risk. quantumcmd brings the C2 aspects of the mission in line with the economics and scale required for small satellites. The industry's first commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS), pre-integrated, turnkey smallsat C2 appliance, quantumcmd includes all needed hardware and software for small satellite operations. Kratos also announced that Tyvak Nano-Satellite Systems LLC (Tyvak) of Irvine, California, had purchased quantumcmd to perform C2 functions for its two Endeavor product line nano-satellites that will be launched as part of NASA's CubeSat Proximity Operations Demonstration (CPOD) mission. TELESAT On February 11 th, Telesat announced that it strongly supports the Government of Canada s
announcement of $305 million in new funding to extend and enhance broadband access for Canadians living in rural and remote communities, including in the North. The Government s action will create economic opportunities for rural and Northern Canadians by stimulating innovation, improving productivity and enhancing access to information and markets. SSL On February 10 th, SSL announced it had been awarded a contract by Skybox Imaging to build an advanced constellation of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites for earth imaging. The contract award helps SSL, which is known for its high-power geostationary communications satellites, to further expand its capabilities building LEO imaging satellites and solutions. SSL will build 13 small LEO satellites, each about 60 x 60 x 95 centimeters and weighing roughly 120 kilograms, to be launched in 2015 and 2016. These satellites, based on a Skybox design, will capture submeter color imagery and up to 90-second clips of HD video with 30 frames per second. Once the 13 satellites are launched, Skybox will be able to revisit any point on earth three times per day. As part of the agreement, Skybox granted SSL an exclusive license to the satellite design. This provides SSL with a unique platform to address the growing demand for small satellites and related services. SSL On February 7 th, SSL announced that the ABS-2 satellite, was launched on Feb 6th and was successfully performing post-launch maneuvers according to plan. The satellite deployed its solar arrays on schedule following its launch aboard an Ariane 5 launch vehicle from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. ABS-2 is a highly sophisticated multi-mission C, Ku- and Ka-band satellite designed to provide multiple services including direct-to-home and cable television distribution, VSAT services, data networks, and telecommunications services across four continents. The satellite, which will be positioned at 75 degrees East longitude, has a total of 89 active C-band, Ku-band and Ka-band transponders across 10 different beams. With this launch, there are 75 SSL-built satellites currently on orbit. TELESATOn February 7 th, Telesat, announced that it welcomes the Government of Canada s new Space Policy Framework. The framework is designed to serve as a guide for Canada s strategic activities and future in space and help ensure a strong and commercially competitive space industry. Under Canada s Space Policy Framework, Canada s activities in space will be driven by national sovereignty, security and prosperity and the private sector will be positioned at the forefront of these activities. The Space Policy Framework also complements a number of other key policy initiatives, including the Canada First Defense Strategy, Canada s Northern Strategy and the recently announced Defense Procurement Strategy. Telesat looks forward to working with government and other key stakeholders to ensure the success of Canada s Space Policy Framework. KRATOS On February 7 th, Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. (Nasdaq:KTOS), announced that its Kratos Integral Systems International (Kratos ISI) business unit has been awarded a contract by SKY Perfect JSAT to upgrade its EPOCH IPS satellite fleet management system to support its JCSAT-14 satellite, scheduled for launch in 2015. SKY Perfect JSAT has used EPOCH IPS for more than 10 years to operate its satellite fleet, which includes N-STARc, an Orbital STAR 2 satellite, and its JCSAT-9, -10, -12, -13 and NSAT110 satellites, all LM A2100 satellites. With the addition of JCSAT-14, which is a Loral 1300 satellite, SKY Perfect JSAT will take advantage of EPOCH IPS's ability to seamlessly operate satellites from different manufacturers in a
single integrated system. EUTELSAT On February 6 th, Eutelsat Communications (NYSE Euronext Paris: ETL) announced that capacity equivalent to almost 5,000 hours of transmissions has been booked by TV channels and service providers to broadcast coverage of the Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia. Coverage was transmitted to Europe via the EUTELSAT 16A, EUTELSAT 7A and EUTELSAT 3D satellites that offer reach between Europe, Russia, North Africa and the Middle East. Eutelsat s satellites formed part of the broadcast infrastructure mobilised to enable an expected three billion viewers to watch the 98 events that took place in Sochi. INTELSAT On February 5 th, the Company announced it is utilizing Intelsat capacity to facilitate and successfully enhance ViewSat s distribution service to the North American, direct-to-home (DTH) market. The previously disclosed service has been live to new and existing ViewSat customers since November 2013. ViewSat is utilizing the power of the Intelsat s Galaxy 19 video neighborhood. Located at 97 West, Galaxy 19 serves as the premier U.S. neighborhood for free-to-air multicultural programming, distributing content originating from 66 countries around the world in more than 40 different languages. The satellite offers a Ku-band DTH platform that serves customers in the United States and Caribbean. SES On February 4 th, SES (NYSE Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG) announced it had been selected to provide satellite capacity to NBC Olympics, a division of the NBC Sports Group, during its production of the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, from February 6-February 23. NBC Olympics utilized Ku-band capacity aboard the NSS-7 satellite to distribute HD Olympics coverage directly from event venues and a pair of roaming NBC News SNG (satellite news gathering) vehicles to the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) at the Sochi Games. A portion of the capacity will provide emergency backup capabilities, enabling NBC to route HD Olympics traffic from Sochi to North America over NSS-7, if necessary. SES' NSS-7 satellite and NSS-5 satellite played an integral role in NBC Olympics' coverage of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. BOEING On January 23 rd, Boeing announced it had received the first on-orbit signals from the Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS)-L after a successful launch, bolstering the tracking and communications network used by NASA and its customers. TDRS-L is the fifth Boeing-built satellite to join the network that NASA uses in support of vital missions, including the International Space Station, studying Earth's changing climate and looking into deep space with the Hubble Telescope. TDRS satellites relay signals to and from Earth and the International Space Station and other space assets. The satellite was launched on a United Launch Alliance Atlas V vehicle at 9:33 p.m. Eastern time from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. After reaching final orbit, TDRS-L will undergo approximately three months of tests and calibration before its handover to NASA. UPCOMING SATELLITE INDUSTRY EVENTS
2014 Meetings and Events Jan 19-22 PTC 2014 Honolulu, Hawaii PTC Feb 11-13 AFCEA WEST 2014 San Diego Convention Center, San Diego CA AFCEA Mar 4-6 Goddard Memorial Symposium Greenbelt, MD American Astronautical Society Mar 10 SATELLITE 2014 Walter E. Washington Access Intelligence 13* Convention Center, Washington, DC Mar OECD Space Forum Workshop Washington, DC OECD and NASA 14 March 24-28 April 1-2 IWCE SPACE TECH Expo and Conference Apr 5-10 NAB 2014 Las Vegas Convention Center Long Beach California Las Vegas Convention Center Las Vegas, NV Waterview Conference Center Arlington, VA NAB Apr 9-11 WTS 2014 May 14-19 ISDC 2014 Los Angeles, CA National Space Society May 19- The Broadmoor Hotel 30th Space Symposium 22 Colorado Springs, CO Space Foundation May 20- Johannesburg, South SATCOM Africa 21 Africa July 14- Farnborough International 20 Airshow Farnborough, UK Aug 3-6 APCO International Annual New Orleans, Louisiana APCO Conference & Expo Aug 5-8 AIAA Space Conference and Expo San Diego, CA AIAA AIAA International Aug 4- Manchester Grand Hyatt Communications Satellite AIAA 7 San Diego, CA Systems Conference (ICSSC) Sept 8-12 Sept 29 - Oct 3 World Satellite Business Week Paris, France Euroconsult International Astronautical Congress IAC 2014 Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada CAS Oct 6-8 MILCOM 2014 Baltimore Convention AFCEA
Oct 15 Hosted Payloads Summit HPS2014 Nov 12-14 SATCON 2014 Dec 16- SIA s DoD Commercial 18 (TBC) SATCOM Users Workshop 2015 Meetings and Events Center Baltimore, MD Grand Hyatt Washington, DC Javits Convention Center New York, NY TBD Access Intelligence SIA/USSTRATCOM Apr 11-16 NAB 2015 Aug 16-17 APCO International Conference & Expo Nov 2- WRC-15 World Radiocommunication 27 Conference Las Vegas Convention Center, Las NAB Vegas, NV Washington, DC APCO Geneva, Switzerland ITU **indicates SIA organized events * indicates SIA supported events About The Satellite Industry Association SIA is a U.S.-based trade association providing worldwide representation of the leading satellite operators, service providers, manufacturers, launch services providers, and ground equipment suppliers. Since its creation more than eighteen years ago, SIA has advocated for the unified voice of the U.S. satellite industry on policy, regulatory, and legislative issues affecting the satellite business. For more information, visit www.sia.org. SIA Executive Members include: Artel, LLC; The Boeing Company; The DIRECTV Group; EchoStar Satellite Services LLC; Harris CapRock Communications; Intelsat S.A.; Iridium Communications Inc.; Kratos Defense & Security Solutions; LightSquared; Lockheed Martin Corporation.; Northrop Grumman Corporation; Rockwell Collins Government Systems; SES Americom, Inc.; and SSL. SIA Associate Members include: Astrium Services Government, Inc.; ATK Inc.; Cisco; Cobham SATCOM Land Systems; Comtech EF Data Corp.; DRS Technologies, Inc.; Encompass Government Solutions; Eutelsat, Inc.; Globecomm Systems, Inc.; Inmarsat, Inc.; Exelis, Inc.; Marshall Communications Corporation.; MTN Government Services; NewSat America, Inc.; O3b Networks; Orbital Sciences Corporation; Panasonic Avionics Corporation; Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems; Spacecom, Ltd.; Row 44; Spacenet Inc.; TeleCommunication Systems, Inc.; Telesat Canada; The SI Organization, Inc.; TrustComm, Inc.; Ultisat, Inc.; ViaSat, Inc., and XTAR, LLC. SATELLITE INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION - 1200 18th Street, NW - Suite 1001 - Washington, DC 20036 Telephone: +1 202 390 4566 - Fax: +1 202 503 1560 Website: www.sia.org