📋 Tender Overview
The Government of Luxembourg and its announced today their development project for a second satellite for the benefit of Govsat (Luxgovsat S.A.), their public-private partnership and co-enterprise with equal parity (50/50), in order to provide governments with secure, reliable and accessible communications services. Placed above the European Orbital Arc, Govsat-2 will join Govsat-1 to increase the ultra-secure connectivity services provided to government customers in this region. This satellite will be based on the SpaceBus 4000B2 platform of Thales Alenia Space. Launched in 2018 and operated since GOVSAT since a secure operational center located in Luxembourg, Govsat-1, the first Co-business satellite in Luxembourg, supports the Directorate Directorate of the Grand Duchy, several EU and NATO member states, the United States Department of Defense (DOD) and other government users. It provides connectivity to operations theaters, interconnection between institutional and defense sites, border control, intelligence, surveillance and recognition services, and various other types of communications for air, land and sea missions. The brand new Govsat-2 satellite will extend the coverage and the Govsat scale, and is designed to meet the needs of the defense sector at the highest level of safety and quality of service. It will offer a capacity gain in the UHF (ULF High Frequency), Military K KI frequency bands, as well as other characteristics with safety standards, such as dedicated hardening, advanced anti-soil system and integrated geolocation. The investment in Govsat-2 complies with the criteria of the financial policy of SES, as well as the companys combined forecasts in terms of investment spending. This satellite will be co -financed by its and the Luxembourg government, subject to the parliamentary vote of the corresponding bill. The acquisition of Govsat-2 testifies to the success of the public-private partnership Govsat, which provides Luxembourg, our allies and our partners secure military communication services by satellite capable of completing their national systems and supporting a wide range of critical applications for the armed forces and civil security, said Yuriko Backs, Minister of Defense of Luxembourg. With Govsat-2, Luxembourg will once again show its significant impact in the space field. Given the current geopolitical upheavals and increased needs for evolutionary defense and national security capacities, we are witnessing a high increase in the demand for reliable and secure connectivity in geostationary orbit across the EMEA region (Europe, Middle East and Africa), but also above the Atlantic and Indian Oceans, and Mediterranean and Baltic seas Al-Saleh, CEO of his. At a time when the governments of all Europe seek to strengthen their sovereign means of satellite communication for their defense and intelligence needs, Govsat-2 will bring to Govsat an additional MILSATCOM capacity to cover this strategic growth center. Govsat-2 translates the high demand for satellite communications used in a military context and will allow our public-private partnership Govsat to strengthen and extend the services that we have provided since 2018. This ultra-efficient satellite will be able to operate in new frequency bands and will have innovative features to help NATO and partner countries to meet the challenges of future connectivity Patrick Biewer, CEO of Govsat.
