The GovSat-1 spacecraft has reached the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. GovSat-1 is the very first satellite of GovSat, which is a brand name run by a joint endeavor in between the Government of Luxembourg and the world-leading satellite driver SES. It is scheduled for go for the end of this month aboard a SpaceX flight-proven Falcon 9 rocket.

The multi-mission satellite was built by Orbital ATK and is made for the special use governments and organizations. Situated at the 21.5 degrees East orbital slot, GovSat-1 will certainly offer Europe, the Middle East and Africa, including substantial maritime insurance coverage over the Mediterranean and Baltic seas, and the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.

Patrick Biewer, Chief Executive Officer of GovSat, said, "We are committed to our objective of giving safe satellite communication services for governments and establishments. GovSat-1, with its extremely flexible payload featuring advanced encryption and anti-jamming abilities, will certainly additionally secure the connectivity for our users' applications. We are extremely thrilled about the upcoming launch of this satellite."

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About GovSat

GovSat is a brand name run by LuxGovSat S.A., a public-private joint venture in between the Luxembourg government and SES, the world-leading satellite driver. GovSat's mission is to give secure, trusted and easily accessible governmental satellite communication services to resolve the demand arising from protection and institutional safety and security applications. The company's first satellite GovSat-1 is a multi-mission satellite that will utilize X-band and Armed forces Ka-band regularities on high-power and fully steerable goal beams to support multiple procedures.

For more details see: www.govsat.lu
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