Year: 2014

[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Tumbling oil prices have led Alaska’s new Governor Bill Walker to implement a fiscal restraint order directing all state agencies to “halt to the maximum extent possible” […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Starting Jan. 1, 2015 Al-Jazeera Media Network plans to begin broadcasting on the Es’hail 1 satellite, owned by Qatari satellite company Es’hailSat, to reach the full Middle […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Exelis has received an order worth $30 million from a long term international customer for RT-1702 Single Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System (SINCGARS) radios. The order […]

  [Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), prime contractor for the Orbcomm Second Generation (OG2) satellites transferred operations to Orbcomm in mid-September, the company reported this month. In the […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] Huawei and China Telecom Sichuan have developed a commercial 4K Ultra-HD iTV network service in China, which was released today. The 4K network is the culmination of […]

[Via Satellite 12-31-2014] The country of China has been entirely mapped in High Definition (HD) by satellite, according to the Chinese National Administration of Surveying, Mapping and Geoinformation. China began […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] Following fiscal year 2014’s standout performance for its satellite business, communications company CalAmp now anticipates revenues from this sector will even out at a rate lower than […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] The Rostelecom board of directors has approved a new joint venture with the cable and satellite pay-TV producer All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company (VGTRK). The […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] The University of Tokyo SmallSat Hodoyoshi 1, developed in partnership with the Next-generation Space Systems Technology Research Association and Axelspace Corporation, has successfully taken its first images […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has won three contracts for satellite communications equipment for undisclosed customers. The contracts cover a variety of products, including Earth stations, command […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] Mission controllers at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) have beamed the programmed maneuvers for the Dawn spacecraft to begin its approach phase as it nears Ceres, the […]

[Via Satellite 12-30-2014] China’s first geostationary meteorological satellite, FY 2C, has been deorbited in compliance with national space debris mitigation standards and those of the Inter-Agency Space Debris Coordination Committee […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] Satellogic, a startup company founded in Palo Alto, California with offices around the world, has finalized plans for its first wave of satellites to begin launching in […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] International Launch Services (ILS) lofted the Astra 2G satellite for SES on Dec. 27 using a Proton Breeze M booster. The rocket carried the six-ton satellite into […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] RigNet has acquired 49 percent of the shares of the oilfield communications company Timas Munaicom in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The purchase enables RigNet to provide remote communications services […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] The Japan Meteorological Agency has released the first images from the Himawari 8 geostationary weather satellite, which launched Oct. 7, 2014 aboard an H2A rocket. Mitsubishi Electric […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] The Russian remote sensing spacecraft Resurs P2 launched aboard a Soyuz 2.1b rocket on Dec. 26 2014 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Earth observation satellite is capable […]

[Via Satellite 12-29-2014] China’s state-run news agency Xinhua reports the Yaogan 26 remote sensing satellite entered space after launching aboard a Long March 4B rocket on Dec. 26. The launch, […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] Australia’s remote connectivity needs are fueling growth for domestic satellite operator Optus Satellite. The company’s latest satellite, Optus 10, began commercial service this month following a Sept. […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] Scientists have continued to make use of the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s (JAXA’s) Venus Climate Orbiter Mission AKATSUK after it missed its intended orbital injection around the […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has released a new mobile application that coordinates information between responders and provides the latest news to the general public. Available in […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] Lockheed Martin reports the third Mobile User Objective System satellite (MUOS 3) is encapsulated in its payload fairing for a Jan. 20, 2015 launch. United Launch Alliance […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] Former Weather Central Inc. President William Baker has joined Tempus Global Data, a company seeking to commercialize weather data by orbiting a constellation of six hyperspectral sounders. Under […]

[Via Satellite 12-26-2014] Starting January 2015, airlines will be able to equip Boeing 777 aircraft with satellite connectivity systems from Global Eagle Entertainment (GEE). On Dec. 22 the company announced […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] NASA has announced collaborative partnerships with four U.S. companies developing new space capabilities for government and commercial customers. The un-funded partnerships with SpaceX, United Launch Alliance (ULA), […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] Inmarsat’s U.S. Government Business Unit reached 10 Mbps while testing an on-demand lease service with the experimental L-band Advanced Communications Element (LACE) terminal. The prototype established a […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] Satellite industry research and consultancy firm Euroconsult has highlighted trends and supply and demand indicators from different 2014 Euroconsult reports and compiled them in the newly released […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] The European Space Agency (ESA) received the Flight Model 6 (FM06) Galileo navigation satellite at the European Space Research and Technology Center (ESTEC) in the Netherlands. The […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] Launch specialists have rolled out a Soyuz 2.1b rocket and a Proton-M rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for launches on Dec. 26 and Dec. 28 […]

[Via Satellite 12-24-2014] Comtech Telecommunications, a manufacturer of advanced communications solutions, has appointed Stanton Sloane as the company’s new president and chief executive officer. Fred Kornberg will transition to the […]