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Intelsat revealed that Horizons 3e arrived at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will undergo final preparations before its scheduled launch on an Ariane 5 rocket. Horizons 3e is […]

Boeing will acquire Millennium Space Systems, a provider of agile, small-satellite solutions, under an acquisition agreement that will expand Boeing’s satellite and space portfolio, talent, and capabilities. California-based Millennium Space […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) released its interim results for the six months ending June 30, 2018. Overall revenue is up 14 percent to HK$730 million ($93 million) from HK$642 million ($81.8 […]

I am writing this during an unprecedented heatwave we are experiencing in the U.K. over the last few weeks, which has seen my sleepy English village resemble a Mediterranean coastal […]

The U.K. government have announced the award of funding for a vertical launch spaceport in Sutherland, Scotland. This grant marks the intention of the U.K. to move back into the […]

The development of 5G services is being portrayed as the future network of networks, so the satellite industry is keen to ensure its valuable contributions are not frozen out of […]

Unlike rain fade which only persists during precipitation events in the atmosphere, operators of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) systems will find that many of their customers will not be able […]

As summer begins to turn into fall, the media and entertainment industry once again turns toward IBC in Amsterdam. This global event is the annual opportunity to review the current […]

Fighting piracy is a carrot-and-stick game. The carrot is that you have to provide great services and great content — and the stick is to hit the organizations that are […]

Russia’s national airline Aeroflot has close to 240 aircraft and one of the youngest fleets of any major airline, with an average age of just more than four years. Consequently, […]

The satellite world is buzzing with the emergence of new HTS players in Geostationary Equatorial Orbit (GEO), Medium Earth Orbit (MEO), and mega constellations in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). As […]

Tata Sky and Dish TV India (Dish TV) are two of the world’s biggest success stories when it comes to global satellite pay-TV over the last few years. We talk […]

Next month, along with many others, I will be heading to the International Broadcasting Convention (IBC) in Amsterdam. Over recent years the massive shifts in the broadcast industry have been […]

Surrey Satellite Technology (SSTL) signed an agreement with Antrix Corporation, the commercial arm of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), for the launch of NovaSAR-1, a small Synthetic Aperture Radar […]

NSSLGlobal signed a new deal with major European shipping company. It will roll out its Very Small Aperture Terminal (VSAT) IP@SEA service to the worldwide trading part of Vertom-Bojen’s fleet. Vertom-Bojen is […]

SSL, a Maxar Technologies company, and a provider of satellite and spacecraft systems will help define next-generation protected communications for the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center. SSL […]

Sprint confirmed a significant wireless milestone as it works with LG Electronics U.S.A. to deliver the first mobile 5G smartphone in the U.S. in the first half of 2019. Sprint customers will […]

UrtheCast and Land O’Lakes have entered a binding term sheet for the purchase of Geosys Technology Holding, a wholly owned subsidiary of Land O’Lakes, for a purchase price of $20 […]

DigitalGlobe, a Maxar Technologies company, appointed two leaders to the World Geospatial Industry Council (WGIC), formed during the 8th session of the United Nations Global Geospatial Information Management (UN-GGIM) held […]

ViaLite Communications appointed two new distributors in the latest expansion of the company’s reseller network. Both distributors are located in Hong Kong. Datacom System International will focus on system integrators for […]

Comtech Telecommunications‘ Tempe, Arizona-based subsidiary Comtech EF Data received a delivery order in support of a recently awarded contract to provide long-term support for the Advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) Interface […]

In the first part of an exclusive interview yesterday, we talked to former ABS Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Choi about his future plans for Curvalux, a new technology system, […]

Cloud Constellation has launched a global partner program for its SpaceBelt Data Security as a Service (DSAAS) space-based cloud service, enabling partners to offer customers a cloud service that eliminates the […]

Net Insight, a provider in streaming, media transport, and resource scheduling, revealed that MTI Teleport has built a media network for Sky Austria based on the new terabit capacity router […]

Dejero, a cloud-managed solutions company providing video transport and internet connectivity, has partnered with FileCatalyst, a provider of accelerated file transfer solutions, to enable broadcasters to move large data quickly, […]

Taiwan’s Video-On-Demand (VOD) industry associations today met with government officials at a roundtable event to share and promote best practices that foster growth while safeguarding consumer interests through self-regulation and […]

Tom Choi is one of the most enigmatic (and some would say controversial) figures in the satellite industry. As the former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ABS, as well as […]

HawkEye 360, an Allied Minds portfolio company, has raised $9.6 million in the first closing of a Series A-3 financing round (“the transaction”). The round included Razor’s Edge Ventures, Allied […]

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau visited Maxar Technologies‘ Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec satellite manufacturing facilities on Aug. 9 to view the final phases of construction of the Radarsat Constellation Mission (RCM). Canadian Space […]

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta IV Heavy rocket carrying NASA‘s Parker Solar Probe spacecraft lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 on Aug. 12 at 3:31 a.m. EDT. NASA selected ULA’s Delta IV […]