Satellite Capacity

Satellite Capacity (Raw Bandwidth)

With decades of experience working with global and regional satellite organisations, we have developed strong working relationships with multiple operators helping us achieve best fit for clients in terms of bandwidth optimisation.

Our guidance helps broker the best cost-availability trade-offs whilst keeping client ground-segment restraints in mind.

Typical customers include:
  • Regional, National and local Service providers and ISPs with their own infrastructure
  • Broadcasters
  • Government and Military

Frequency bands at a glance

C-band

High availability, 2.4m to 3.8m customer terminals (occasionally 1.8m). Continental coverage. Business critical applications.


Medium to high $/Mb.

Ku-band

Medium to high availability, 90cm to 1.8m customer terminals (occasionally 2.4m). Regional coverage. Business and consumer applications.  

Medium to high $/Mb.

Ka-band

Medium availability, 45cm to 1.2m customer terminals (occasionally 1.8m), Single country/partial country coverage. Consumer applications. 

Low to medium $/Mb.

Key Satellite Operators

Below are example satellite coverage areas only. GroundPort can offer additional coverage via these satellite operators and others.
Amos coverage is offered on four satellites covering Africa, the Middle East and Europe. 

AMOS-17, the most recent addition to the fleet is due in service late summer 2019, and is the most advanced high-throughput satellite to provide satellite communication services to Africa. Operation in C, Ku, Ka-bands. Coverage: Africa, the Middle East and Europe.
Established in 1965 as an inter-governmental venture at the beginning of satellite communications, Intelsat was privatised in 2001 and now operates over 48 satellite providing Global coverage via all the commercial frequency bands.
Arabsat is a regional operator originally focusing on the Arab world but now expanded to include all of Africa and Europe. Six operational satellites provide services in C, Ku, Ka, S and X-bands. Coverage: Africa, the Middle East, and Europe.
Based in the Far East, ABS (formally Asia Broadcast Satellite) now covers 93% of the world via its current fleet of 6 satellites operating in Ku, C, Ka and S-bands. Coverage Asia-Pacific, Africa, Middle East, Europe, CIS and Russia and the Americas.
Originally established as the European Telecommunications Satellite organisation Eutelsat now operates over 34 satellites providing global coverage in all commercial frequency bands.
Now a global satellite operator delivering service via over 50 satellites in Geostationary Earth Orbit (GEO) and 20 in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO).
BELINTERSAT-1 provides a wide range of telecommunication services (satellite TV and radio broadcasting, broadband internet access, corporate networks). The satellite operates in C- and Ku-bands. Coverage: Africa, Europe and Asia.
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