Year: 2014

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] Hughes Network Systems has teamed with Colombia-based Anditel to deliver high-speed Internet service to schoolchildren in remote areas of Colombia. This initiative is part of the Ministry […]

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] Boeing Senior Vice President Wanda Denson-Low has announced her plans to retire from the company on June 2. Denson-Low has served on the company’s executive council and […]

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] RRsat Global Communications Network has signed a five-year, $11.7 million agreement with a customer in Asia. The agreement is one of the largest in RRsat’s history but, […]

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] Aireon has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with NAV Portugal to become an early customer of Aireon’s service. Under the MOU, NAV Portugal will work with […]

[Via Satellite 03-04-2014] M/A-COM Technology Solutions (MACOM) has announced a new 20 W Pin-diode switch suited for power X-Band applications. The MASW-010647 is a monolithic, terminated Silicon PIN diode SPDT […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-0214] DigitalGlobe’s stock received a serious punishment after the company missed its guidance for revenue during its forth quarter earnings. After reporting $169 million in revenue — a […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-2014] The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) is making its final preparations for the development of its new flagship launch vehicle from Japan Fiscal Year (JFY) 2014, and […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-2014] Horizon Teleports has awarded ASC Signal Corporation with a contract to supply an additional 9-meter class antenna to expand operations at its teleport in Munich, Germany. This […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-2014] Aireon has signed a 12-year agreement for data services with NATS, the U.K.’s privatized provider of air traffic control services and air traffic management in the North […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-2014] GS Group presented a new DTH broadcasting project for Indonesia at Jakarta, the IX inter-governmental commission on trade, economic and technical cooperation. Nikolay Maystrenko, head of the […]

[Via Satellite 03-03-2014] Miranda Technologies has announced the installation of its iTX integrated playout platform, along with NVISION routing, Densité signal processing and Belden connectivity solutions, at the Westar Satellite […]

KRONEHIT, Austria’s only nationwide private radio broadcaster, has implemented a new satellite DVB-S system to provide better and more efficient coverage to listeners in the mountainous south and west of […]

Spirit Airlines has selected the Exelis aircraft surveillance solution, known as Symphony® OpsVue™, to visually track its aircraft fleet while on the ground. This solution provides a highly accurate and reliable flight tracking network of […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] Inmarsat’s decision to delegate its energy broadband business to RigNet may be an opportunity for Global Xpress (GX) to grab a foothold in the oil and gas […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] NOAA is now conducting environmental testing on all five instruments that will fly on its next-generation Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) 1 satellite. While undergoing testing, the […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] Northrop Grumman has delivered a plug-and-play Modular Space Vehicle (MSV) that will allow military commanders to use satellites that can be assembled and launched quickly to fulfill […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] Intelsat has appointed Patrick French as its new head of business development in the Asia-Pacific region. In his new role, the 25-year satellite industry veteran will be […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] Newtec has launched its new multiservice platform, Newtec Dialog, which allows operators to build and adapt their infrastructure as their business and the satellite market grows and […]

[Via Satellite 02-28-2014] Quanta Computer Inc. has selected Broadcom Corporation’s dual mode small cell system-on-chip (SoC) solutions to power its next generation Qcell LTE small cell solutions for enterprise and […]

McMurdo Group, a global leader in end‐to‐end search and rescue (SAR) and maritime domain awareness (MDA) solutions, today announced that its fleet management software platform is now available worldwide for partners to […]

“According to the official statistics, production of set-top boxes and satellite TV decoders (32.30.20.430) in Russia is aligned in the Kaliningrad region only. It is exactly the place where GS […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Norsat has released its fourth quarter and year-end results for 2013 with lower than expected revenues due to the U.S. government budget sequestration through much of the […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] MTN Communications has announced the availability of its first calling app for maritime crew. MTN’s OceanPhone Mobile leverages the Wi-Fi infrastructure on vessels along with the MTN […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Sea Launch AG has announced that its president, Kjell Karlsen will resign on Feb. 28, 2014 to pursue other opportunities outside the space industry. The company’s senior […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Ibetor has announced its plans to launch its latest Sat-On-The-Move terminal, Ib SOTM 100x, at SATELLITE 2014 in Washington, D.C. The Ib SOTM 100x is designed to […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] ETL Systems is planning to open a new office in Dubai in order to grow its presence in the Middle East. This will allow ETL to provide […]

[Via Satellite 02-27-2014] Advantech Wireless has announced the release of its new 10kW S-band Solid State Pulse Amplifier (SSPA), a fully modular device that operates over the band of 2.7-2.9 […]

Four of the six instruments that will fly on the first Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R) were delivered to Lockheed Martin in Denver for integration onto the spacecraft bus […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] Thales Alenia Space has won a contract awarded by French defense procurement agency DGA to provide operational support for the Syracuse 3, Athena-Fidus and Sicral 2 space […]

[Via Satellite 02-26-2014] The use of the International Space Station (ISS) as a platform for launching CubeSats has grown so much that the station crew may have to adjust their […]