Telespazio Belgium provides maintenance and operations services to Eutelsat for the ground segment of the KA-SAT system, recently sold to Viasat. Our activities include regular maintenance on the antennas as well as on-call in case when needed.
KA-SAT is a high-throughput telecommunications satellite owned by Viasat. The satellite provides broadband Internet access services across Europe and also a small area of the Middle East,[2] and additionally the Saorsat TV service to Ireland. It is positioned at 9°E, joining the Eurobird 9A Ku band satellite. KA-SAT was manufactured by EADS Astrium, based on the Eurostar E3000 platform, with a total weight of 6 tons. It was launched by Proton in December 2010. The satellite is named after the Ka band frequency, which is used on the spacecraft.