Author: Staff Writer

MultiChoice Africa, a pan-African DTH platform, is potentially two years away from launching a high-definition (HD) channel in South Africa. MultiChoice CEO Nolo Letele told Satellite Today, “We recognize that,...

Long Beach, Calif.-based Sea Launch has been selected to launch PanAmSat‘s Galaxy 16 communication satellite from a sea-based launch site on the Equator. The agreement calls for Sea Launch to...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force gave a $8 million contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) that calls for SpaceX to demonstrate a...

Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] said Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) received approval from the General Services Administration to add Eagle’s SatMAX non-line-of-sight (NLOS) satellite communications repeater system to SAIC’s GSA...

Conax, the Norway-based Conditional Access (CA) supplier, signed its second key contract in China through its partnership with Star Communication Network Technology (STAR). STAR is Conax’ strategic partner in the...

Massachusetts will join a growing list of states using GPS technology to track the whereabouts of sex offenders who are on parole or on probation. According to reports, nearly 219...

Antenna Technology Communications Inc. (ATCi) unveiled a new family of solid-state C- and Ku-band VSAT transceivers designed for both indoor and outdoor use under a variety of operating temperatures. No...

Satellite Today has learned that India’s space agency yesterday successfully launched that country’s first satellite for educational services from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) spaceport in Sriharikota on board...

South Africa’s Telkom SA Limited chose Atlanta-based ILC‘s network-control software to monitor and control satellite earth stations. The new satellite Network Element Management System (NEMS) is intended to add momentum...

Global service provider Intelsat is showing increased signs of conservatism by choosing to cut its losses and end its future commitments to the high-risk, Hong Kong-based direct-to-home satellite (DTH) TV...