The system was deployed after the category 5 Hurricane Maria struck the Caribbean country, SES said in a press release.

The satellite operator also stated:

“Another emergency.lu Rapid Response Kit was deployed earlier in the island of Saint Martin to re-establish connectivity to the airport of Sint Maarten, after the Category 5 Hurricane Irma made landfall in the North East Caribbean islands, severely damaging terrestrial telecommunications infrastructure.”

Emergency.lu is a Luxembourg government-backed programme--run with SES, Hitec and Luxembourg Air Rescue--to provide communications to relief organisations in disaster areas.