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SIA PRESIDENT’S REPORT – MEMBER NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

Since our last SIA Member News Summary, press releases and posts from many SIA Members including Blue Origin, EchoStar, , Hughes, Iridium, , Intelsat, Leonardo DRS, Lockheed Martin, OneWeb, Planet, SES, SpaceX, and Viasat have released news. Please see the summary of stories and postings below and click on the COMPANY LINK for more details.

ECHOSTAR and HUGHES On Feb 19th, ERT, Inc., one of NOAA’s largest science and technology contractors, together with Hughes Network Systems, LLC (HUGHES) announced their selection by the National Weather Service (NWS) to upgrade and expand managed and wireless services at NWS locations in the contiguous , Hawaii, Alaska, and Pacific Region. ERT and subcontractor Hughes will provide the NWS with the network services needed to gather and report local weather tracking and forecasting data using capacity on the Hughes JUPITER™ 1 (EchoStar XVII) and JUPITER 2 (EchoStar XIX) High-Throughput (HTS). At mission-critical locations, Hughes will provide 4G LTE wireless backup that ensures a dual-path network architecture for increased availability.

INMARSAT On Feb 18th, Inmarsat Government posted the following - In a recent article in Via Satellite Magazine, Inmarsat Government’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch reflects on her time on the “Combined Senior Government and Industry Leaders” panel at the Satellite Industry Association’s 2019 DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop. Cowen-Hirsch highlights Inmarsat’s path forward to providing resilient, global satellite communication (SATCOM) capabilities in order to aid a more integrated SATCOM architecture within military and government as well as trusted commercial capabilities. She also discusses SATCOM as a Service as the “the emergent acquisition model” for the modern age that becomes the imperative in today’s dynamic operational environment. “SATCOM as a Service enables servicemen and women access to mission-critical, reliable SATCOM connectivity, anytime, anywhere,” wrote Cowen-Hirsch. “Designed for global mobility, SATCOM as a Service provides a critical end-to-end communications infrastructure that is owned and managed by trusted commercial operators and includes both the space and ground segments, as well as type-approved terminals which deliver globally-available, secure and seamless connectivity.”

SPACEX On Feb 17th, SpaceX confirmed the successful launch and deployment of 60 broadband satellites. “On Monday, February 17 at 10:05 a.m. EST, or 15:05 UTC, SpaceX launched its fifth Starlink mission from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. ’s first stage previously launched the CRS-17 mission in May 2019, the CRS-18 mission in July 2019, and the JCSAT-18/Kacific1 mission in December 2019.”

BLUE ORIGIN On Feb 17th, Blue Origin announced that it had opened its rocket engine production facility in Huntsville, AL. The engine manufacturing facility in The Rocket City will conduct high rate production of the BE-4 and BE-3U engines. These engines will undergo testing at NASA Marshall Space Flight Center on the historic Test Stand 4670. “Early on in Blue Origin’s history, we made a crucial decision to invest in developing the next generation of reusable rocket engines. And now, it’s an exciting time for Blue, our partners and this country – we are on the path to deliver on our promise to end the reliance on Russian made engines – and it’s all happening right here, right now, in the great state of Alabama. We couldn’t be prouder to call this our home for engine production,” said Bob Smith, CEO of Blue Origin. Blue Origin will add more than 300 jobs to the local economy with an investment of over $200 million in the facility.

PLANET On Feb 13th, Planet posted the following. “Planet launches every three to six months to keep its constellation of Earth imaging satellites replenished and flying the latest and greatest technologies. SIA PRESIDENT’S REPORT – MEMBER NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

Following on the heels of the successful launch of Flock 4p in November of 2019, Planet’s first launch of 2020 will be on Arianespace’s European-made Vega rocket, a first for the Doves. The 26 SuperDoves, Flock 4v, are scheduled for lift-off on March 23, 2020 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana. These 26 Flock 4v SuperDoves will be split into two batches on the same launch: 14 of them will be housed inside and deployed from ISL’s QuadPack deployers and the remaining 12 will be deployed from D-Orbit’s InOrbit Now (ION) freeflying deployment platform.” Read the entire posting at the PLANET link above.

INMARSAT On Feb 11th, Inmarsat Government posted that the United States Space Force Public Affairs announced the conclusion of the Global Lightning 20, highlighting how the Commercial Integration Cell (CIC) improved the overall success of the exercise in an effort to enhance resilience of Combined Force Space Component Command operations at the CSpOC. “Inmarsat is proud to be a collaborator with the CIC, providing information on space capabilities to increase commercial partners’ understanding of unique Department of Defense requirements. As the satellite industry continues to prove its criticality, Inmarsat understands the importance of collaborating with other satellite communications (SATCOM) providers to ultimately support the integration of a multi-domain, seamless SATCOM architecture across several combatant commands.”

LOCKHEED MARTIN On Feb 10th, Lockheed Martin announced that the nation's third next- generation GPS III satellite – and the first delivered by Lockheed Martin to the new U.S. Space Force -- had arrived in Florida for an expected April launch. On Feb. 5, the third Lockheed Martin-built GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV03) was shipped to Cape Canaveral from the company's GPS III Processing Facility near Denver aboard a massive Air Force C-17 aircraft traveling from Buckley Air Force Base, Colorado. In keeping with its tradition of nicknaming satellites after famous explorers, the GPS III team nicknamed GPS III SV03 "Columbus" after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus. GPS III SV03 is the latest of up to 32 next-generation GPS III/GPS III Follow-On (GPS IIIF) satellites Lockheed Martin has designed and is building to help the Space Force modernize today's GPS constellation with new technology and capabilities.

LEONARDO DRS On Feb 10th, Leonardo DRS, Inc. announced that it had been awarded a contract worth up to $808 million to provide a suite of electronic products to link C5ISR equipment to combat vehicles across the armed services and to satisfy interconnection requirements for federal agencies. Under the indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity Interconnection Equipment Contract from the Defense Logistics Agency Land, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD, Leonardo DRS would deliver wiring harnesses, installation kits, cable assemblies, cabling, connectors and services. The products will be delivered to the Department of Defense and other federal agencies in the United States government.

ONEWEB On Feb 7th, OneWeb announced the successful launch of 34 satellites, aboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from the historic Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. The OneWeb satellites separated from the rocket and were dispensed in nine batches over a period of several hours, with signal acquisition on all 34 confirmed within hours. This launch is the second successful launch in one of the largest civilian satellite launch campaigns in history. It will help build OneWeb's phase one constellation of 648 satellites that will deliver high-speed, low-latency global connectivity, while addressing the world’s most pressing connectivity problems. The communications company is on schedule to provide global coverage to customers in 2021, starting with the first commercial services in the Arctic this year. This follows OneWeb both securing global priority spectrum rights and successfully launching its first batch of satellites in 2019.

VIASAT On Feb 6th, Viasat Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT), announced a video streaming distribution and technology partnership that advances how content can be delivered and consumed in-flight. The partnership is the first to leverage innovative technology standards from the global technical association, the Streaming Video Alliance (the Alliance), and apply them to in-flight connectivity. These standards enable airlines that SIA PRESIDENT’S REPORT – MEMBER NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

sign-up for the Viasat/fuboTV partnership to seamlessly make fuboTV’s live streaming premium over-the- top (OTT) and video on-demand (VOD) sports, entertainment and news programming available to all passengers—at no charge—on U.S. flights equipped with Viasat satellite .

INMARSAT On Feb 4th, Inmarsat Government posted the following. “At the recent SIA DoD Commercial SATCOM Workshop in Arlington, Virginia, we sat down with Edward Joannides, General Manager at Intellian Technologies, to discuss how his company has partnered with Inmarsat for the past decade to deliver the three “R’s” the government is looking for – reliability, redundancy and resiliency. Intellian is a leading global provider of stabilized satellite antenna systems and is the industry’s largest very small aperture terminal (VSAT) antenna manufacturer. Much like Inmarsat, the company has deep roots in the maritime industry, and through this partnership they deliver unmatched solutions to meet this domain unique requirements.” For more information, please click on the INMARSAT link above.

SES On Feb 3rd, SES posted that Princess Cruises had announced a new dimension in its connectivity partnership with SES (PAR/LuxSE: SESG) and will become the first global cruise ship fleet with early access to SES’s ground-breaking mPOWER network augmenting the Princess MedallionClass™ experience as it scales across the fleet. SES is enabling global, high-performance connectivity to Princess Cruises using its hybrid (MEO) and geostationary (GEO) network. The combination of the globally-deployed Princess MedallionClass ships, the Ocean Guest Experience “Cloud Connected” Platform and SES’s multi-constellations satellite network not only creates unmatched and ubiquitous global Wi-Fi service levels, but ensures seamless land/sea digital experience enablement including OceanView® TV (OTT, Mobile and VOD) and is disrupting the traditional commodity satellite bandwidth model.

INTELSAT On Feb 3rd, Intelsat announced it had selected Maxar Technologies to manufacture Intelsat 40e, a next-generation geostationary scheduled to launch in 2022. Maxar will integrate NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) payload with the Intelsat 40e satellite. “When it’s launched, Intelsat 40e will be the newest addition to our next-generation Intelsat Epic platform, which is already providing our global customers with flexible, high-performance connectivity they can count on today – and in the future,” said Intelsat CEO Stephen Spengler. “Intelsat continuously invests in innovative new satellite and hybrid technologies that make it easy and affordable for our customers to connect people, devices and networks, even in the most remote locations.” Intelsat Epic, Intelsat 40e will provide Intelsat customers across North and Central America with flexible, high- throughput, “coast-to-coast” coverage. The additional capacity will also support the growing number of customers utilizing Intelsat managed-service offerings, including those working with Intelsat to solve connectivity challenges for commercial and private planes, moving vehicles on land and other mobility applications.

IRIDIUM and AWS On Jan 28th, Inc. (NASDAQ: IRDM) announced that Iridium CloudConnect, a satellite cloud-based solution offering truly global coverage for Internet of Things (IoT) applications, is now actively serving customers. This new service combines Iridium® IoT capabilities with Web Services (AWS) IoT and cloud services extending customers' IoT reach to the more than 80 percent of the Earth that lacks terrestrial coverage. By combining the unique attributes of the Iridium network with the breadth of AWS supporting infrastructure and services, Iridium customers can reduce engineering time, lower fixed operating costs, and experience faster development and deployment of new IoT products and applications. For existing AWS customers, Iridium CloudConnect is providing the ability to easily expand their current service footprint beyond terrestrial coverage, creating the opportunity for additional service offerings and improved performance through the addition of satellite connectivity.

EUTELSAT On Jan 28th, Eutelsat Communications’ (Euronext Paris: ETL) announced that its EUTELSAT 7C satellite had entered full commercial service and is ready to support broadcast customers across Africa, SIA PRESIDENT’S REPORT – MEMBER NEWS FOR FEBRUARY 2020

Europe, the Middle East and Turkey. Manufactured by Maxar Technologies, EUTELSAT 7C is a 3.4 tonne high-power all-electric satellite carrying 49 36-Mhz equivalent Ku-band transponders. Successfully launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on 20 June 2019, the satellite is co-located with EUTELSAT 7B at 7° East, increasing capacity at this dynamic neighbourhood by 19 transponders.

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