Year: 2016

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] ViaSat reported strong growth and increased revenues in its second quarter ended Sept. 30, 2016. In the second quarter of fiscal year 2017, ViaSat’s Satellite Services segment […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] Renfe Operadora (Renfe), Spain’s state-owned railway company, has chosen Gilat Satellite Networks’ satellite on-the-move technology to provide broadband internet on high-speed trains throughout the country. Renfe is […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] Australian telecom company Optus has announced an alliance with NAS Australia, an Australian owned and operated wholesale distributor of television, satellite reception and distribution equipment, which will […]

[Via Satellite 10-11-2016] NASA is set to launch its first Earth science small satellite constellation, which will help improve hurricane intensity, track, and storm-surge forecasts, on Dec. 12 from Cape […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Despite a vision from top Air Force officers that reusable rockets can play roles in future military missions, a conservative safety culture on launch ranges and institutional […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Avanti Communications has selected Newtec’s Dialog platform, including a Wi-Fi hotspot solution, as the High Throughput Satellite (HTS) ground segment technology platform for its Every Child Online […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Airbus Defence and Space has signed GigaSat to its channel partner program for Skynet services in a partnership that will enable Gigasat to provide Skynet 5 military […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] Four additional U.S. cable operators are testing 4K content delivery across SES’s Ultra-HD platform, in advance of Ultra-HD subscriber trials set to begin later this year. Marquette-Adams […]

[Via Satellite 11-10-2016] TV content provider Television Broadcast (TVB) has officially launched on APT Satellite (APSTAR). The new pack includes channels tailored for audiences in Asia, the Middle East, Australia […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Future investments in European military satellite communications dominated conversations on day one at Global MilSatCom in London this week. The morning had major speakers from the United […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] SAP, in cooperation with the European Space Agency (ESA), has launched its Earth Observation Analysis service, a cloud service powered by the SAP Hana platform. The two […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] GovSat, a public-private partnership between the Luxembourg Government and SES, has secured a long-term commercial satellite communications contract to support the operational phase of NATO Alliance Ground […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] DubaiSat 2, owned and operated by the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC), has captured high-definition photos of the Dubai Water Canal full of water. The photos […]

[Via Satellite 11-09-2016] Two Harris Corporation unfurlable mesh antenna reflectors successfully deployed on orbit Oct. 30 onboard the U.S. Navy’s fifth Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 5) satellite. MUOS 5, […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-2016] With its satellite-based In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) solution, 2Ku, up and running and in the midst of aircraft installs, Gogo has again switched its network focus, this time […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-2016] Satellite operator ABS will partner with Sarana Media Vision (SMV), using SMV’s Direct-to-Home (DTH) license to launch a consumer free-to-view satellite service, SMV FreeViewSat, across Indonesia in January […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-2016] Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) has been granted a patent from the United States Patent and Trademark Office for methods and systems that enable effective aviation communication via […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-2016] Gilat Satellite Networks says it is the first to deliver Layer 2 with GTP acceleration, which will provide true LTE speeds as well as operational efficiency for […]

[Via Satellite 11-08-2016] Chinese International Communication Co. (CICC) has officially selected APT Satellite to promote the Great Wall TV Platform, a mix of 25 TV channels from China with Chinese, […]

International Satellite Company (ISC), a subsidiary of Thai satellite operator Thaicom, has entered into a satellite procurement contract with China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC) for a $208 million Ka-band […]

Joe Hiscock and his son look forward each year to hunting on the south coast of Newfoundland, Canada. Their cabin is 35 miles from the nearest road and accessible only […]

A basic premise of government regulation in the post-liberalization telecommunications world has been that regulations and government benefits should be technology neutral. This has resulted in a number of benefits […]

I was actually on vacation in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts when the first email alert hit my smartphone that Thursday morning about the SpaceX explosion at the Cape, the […]

For decades, satellite programs were the preserve of the countries that could afford them. Harnessing the cash and capability to buy, build and launch a satellite has long been beyond […]

Via Satellite recently spoke to Winston Beauchamp, a member of the Senior Executive Service, the deputy under secretary of the Air Force for space, and the director, principal DOD space […]

There was a time when satellites could be described as more “routine.” Yes, most are heavily customized beasts of machines, but the launch sector knew what operators needed and had […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] Dejero has selected DataPath, a provider of remote field communications and information technology solutions to the aerospace, broadcast, government and infrastructure markets, to become a value-added reseller […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] SCS Aerospace Group will launch a nanosatellite designed and built in South Africa early next year from the International Space Station (ISS) as part of a European […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] Cloud Constellation Corp. has announced progress in establishing a space-based network of satellites for instant, secure data storage and transport across the globe with the aim to […]

[Via Satellite 11-07-2016] Trimble has introduced a new software-defined Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receiver that works with select Android mobile handhelds, smartphones and tablets, called the Trimble Catalyst. When […]