Year: 2014

[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...