SES ASTRA, an SES company (Euronext Paris and Luxembourg Stock Exchange: SESG), has signed a new capacity agreement for its 31.5 degrees East orbital position.

The German satellite service provider InSat will use one transponder on ASTRA 2C to provide IP backbone services to small and medium sized enterprises in the Middle East and Caucasus region. In addition to the satellite capacity, SES ASTRA will also provide uplink services from its facilities in Luxembourg. 31.5 degrees East is SES ASTRA’s new orbital position targeting the Eastern European and Middle East markets, including the Caucasus. Since June, SES ASTRA offers 24 transponders at 31.5 degrees East via its ASTRA 2C satellite. InSat is the second customer contracting capacity on ASTRA 2C bringing the total number of contracted transponders to five.