Broadcasters use our uplink services to transmit programming to a satellite, from which the programming is distributed either to a professional head-end (cable head-end, FM transmitter, satellite television facility) or to Direct to Home consumers.

The unique geographical location of our principal teleports in The Netherlands combined with excellent fiber connectivity and access to the Amsterdam Internet Exchange, the largest Internet Hub outside the USA, allows us not only to transmit via satellite directly to the Americas, Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, but also to offer global services through partner teleports connected to our fiber network.

Castor offers encoding and mulitiplexing services as well as collocation services to host customer owned equipment with remote hands support as complemtary services to the uplink service.

Castor provides uplink services on the following satellites:

Ku-band:

• Eutelsat 16A (W3C) at 16°E, 6.2m
• Intelsat - IS-14 at 315°E, 2.4m
• Telesat - Telstar 11N at 37.55°W, 3.7m
• RSCC - Express AM-1 at 40°E, 9m
• RSCC - Express AM-44 at 11°W, 4.6m
• SES - NSS-12 at 57°E, 9m
• Free-to-deploy: 9.0m antenna (12.75-14.5 and 17.30-18.4)- contact us if you have an interesting opportunity!
• Free-to-deploy: 5.5m and 3.7m antennas (13.75-14.5) - contact us if you have an interesting opportunity!

C-band:

• RSCC- Express A4 at 14°W, 9.2m (inclined orbit)
• RSCC- Express AM-44 at 11°W, 3.8m
• SES World Skies - NSS-12 at 57°E, 16.4m
• Intelsat - IS-906 at 64°E, 18m
• Intelsat - IS-4 at 72°E, 3.8m
• Free-to-deploy: 9.2m C-band antenna (capable of inclined orbit) - please contact us if you have an interesting opportunity!

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you require an uplink service on a satellite that is not on the list above, as we have unallocated antennas which can be deployed on new satellites.