The Sky Edge II Network Will be Used to Bring High-Speed
     Internet Services to Schools Through a Government Funded
                            Initiative

PETAH TIKVA, Israel, Sept. 19, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Gilat Satellite
Networks Ltd. (Nasdaq:GILT) today announced that it has signed an
agreement with a leading Latin American government agency for the
delivery of over 1,800 SkyEdge II VSATs to facilitate broadband
Internet connectivity in schools.

The agreement is part of a nationwide, government sponsored initiative
to connect thousands of schools across the country to the Internet over
the next three years. The network is expected to be used predominantly
to support school connectivity across the country's main urban regions
and may be extended as part of the nationwide program.

"Latin America represents one of Gilat's key markets and we are proud
to have our technology deployed where broadband connectivity is going
to make a noticeable and important contribution to children's lives,"
said Russell Ribeiro, Gilat's Regional Vice President of Latin America.

Gilat's SkyEdge II is a multi-service platform enabling the delivery of
high-quality voice, broadband data and video services for diverse
environments including enterprises, rural networks, cellular backhaul
and government network applications. SkyEdge II is a standards-based
system using DVB-S2 and DVB-RCS. With better efficiencies and full
adaptivity for both the inbound and outbound channels, it provides
higher performance that serves the growing requirements of a range of
end-users.

Gilat's diverse portfolio of SkyEdge II VSATs are all supported by a
unified platform, offering service providers the most suitable product
for their application needs as well as the flexibility to evolve their
networks.

About Gilat

Gilat Satellite Networks Ltd. is a leading provider of products and
professional services for satellite-based broadband communications
networks worldwide. Gilat was founded in 1987 and has shipped over
750,000 Very Small Aperture Terminals (VSATs) to more than 85 countries
across six continents. Gilat's headquarters is located in Petah Tikva,
Israel. The Company has 22 sales and service offices worldwide. Gilat
develops and markets an expansive range of broadband satellite
solutions including high-performance VSATs under the SkyEdge(TM) and
SkyEdge II brands, low-profile antennas for satcom-on-the-move, under
the RaySat Antenna Systems and the StealthRay(TM) brands and next
generation solid-state power amplifiers for mission-critical defense
and broadcast satellite communications systems under the Wavestream
brand. Gilat's wholly-owned subsidiary, Spacenet Inc., is a leading
provider of managed services in North America to the business and
government segments. Visit Gilat at www.gilat.com.

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CONTACT: Karen Mazor
         Gilat Satellite Networks
         (972) 54 228 8039
         karenm@gilat.com