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| 06.01.2013 |
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Hosted Payloads: Deal Tracker
The hosted payload market has kicked into life in spectacular fashion this year with a number of contracts being announced. With speculation always abound about potential deals to come, 2013 is set to be the year when we see the whole hosted payload market...
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Intelsat IPO Unable to Cure Long Term Problems
Intelsat went forward with a long-awaited initial public offering in April dominated by defiant market conditions and challenges arising from the company’s own debt-laden capital structure. The Intelsat IPO went effective on April 18, with the company...
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Asia Pacific
AsiaSat Signs Landmark Hosted Payload Deal AsiaSat and GeoMetWatch have announced a strategic partnership to host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORMTM) instruments on board a new satellite planned for launch...
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Executive Moves
Arianespace Appoints Le Gall Replacement Arianespace has appointed Stéphane Israël as its new chairman and CEO. Israël replaces Jean-Yves Le Gall, who is the new president of French space agency CNES. Israël moved to the aerospace...
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South America
Elara Comunicaciones Helps Rural Towns In Southeast Mexico Benefit from New Satellite Project Elara Comunicaciones has begun implementing a large-scale satellite network to bring voice and data service to 2,717 towns in rural southeast Mexico. The network...
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Europe
Hispasat Expands Satellite Broadband Network Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system. The new contract marks the third...
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North America
DISH Network Makes Bold Move for Sprint Nextel DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States. The company has submitted a merger proposal to Sprint Nextel Corporation for a total...
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Africa / Middle East
Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Enters Full Commercial Service The Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. The spacecraft will provide communications services to customers in Azerbaijan...
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Dave Alpert VP of Operations & CTO, HBO Europe
HBO is one of the world’s major broadcasting brands, and an innovator in bringing content to audiences worldwide. The company, which has a very strong presence in North America, is also looking at ways in which it can boost revenues in Europe. Dave...
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All Eyes on Hosted Payloads
The U.S. government is hungry for cost-effective access to space, and hosted payloads soon may be a tangible option for budget-strapped civil and military users. The Hosted Payload Office in the U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) expects to announce...
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Raising the Stakes in Network Management
The emergence of Ka-band satellites and ever-more complex terrestrial networks such as 4G are driving greater network capacity gains. With these networks, the number of connected devices and connected components has grown exponentially. Not surprisingly, the...
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Lack of Capacity Impeding DTH Progress in India
India has a population of more than a billion people, multiple languages and a developing economy. At the start of the last decade, DishTV had the DTH market pretty much to itself; however, with a number of new entrants in recent years, such as Tata Sky...
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BRICS Emerging Powers in Satellite
In March this year, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signed an agreement that will see the RadioAstron satellite mission collaborating with radio astronomy facilities in Africa. The agreement was...
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Geolocation: The Next Privacy Frontier
If Facebook asks “What’s on your mind?” and Twitter asks “What’s happening?” who will ask “Where are you?” Well, it turns out that there may be no need to ask that question if an app on your smartphone is...
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Satellite Broadband: Size of Satellite Just One Part of the Equation
At SATELLITE 2013, Hughes announced the new Jupiter 2/EchoStar XIX satellite. This satellite will be built by Space Systems/Loral on the SSL 1300 bus and will have 50 percent more capacity than its predecessors Jupiter I/EchoStar XVII and than ViaSat-1, both...
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Vitaly Lopota President, RSC Energia
RSC Energia is one of Russia’s main space companies. It plays a key role in the development of space technologies, as it bids to keep Russia at the forefront of innovation in the global space arena. RSC Energia’s president is Vitaly Lopota. Lopota...
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Hosted Payload Sector Could Have Seismic Year in 2013
Show season is in full swing and after SATELLITE 2013 and NAB, we look forward to CommunicAsia, the biggest event of its kind in its region. Given the size of populations and the potential demand for communications services, Asia has long been a target for...
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| 05.01.2013 |
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Modernization and Budget Challenges: Forcing International Militaries to Rethink Bandwidth
The needs and operational requirements of the world’s largest military organizations and businesses are not all that different. As the demand for satellite capacity steadily increases in both sectors, the satellite communications systems used by both...
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HTS and Modern Business: Benefits and Opportunities
The next time you fill up your car’s tank, don’t be surprised if the gas pump features a video that delivers the news, weather and even a short sales pitch for a local product or service. Or maybe you can watch live training sessions at work that...
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HTS and Broadcasting: What is the Future Equation?
Conversations about the market opportunities for High Throughput Satellites (HTS) tend to focus on data and broadband services. However, it could also present satellite operators with opportunities in the broadcasting arena. The question is how much of an...
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