Russia, South Korea In Joint Satellite Project?
Satellite Today has learned that Russia is expected to, within a month, send a proposal to South Korea that calls for a technology transfer to South Korea that would allow...
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Enhanced Tachyon Product Offers Higher Speed, Satellite Access
Vienna, Va.-based Tachyon Networks, a satellite broadband communications service provider for business and government users, is upgrading its network to deliver 512 kilobits per second (Kbps) remote transmission speeds to...
ViaSat Wins Innovators Award
The San Diego Telecom Council named ViaSat one of the winners in its first annual “Innovators In Telecommunications” awards. ViaSat won for its launch of the first DOCSIS-based, satellite-IP-delivery system....
Satellite Deals Of The Day
Integral Systems Inc. [ISYS] inked a contract with SingTel Optus to expand the Optus C1 satellite control system to include support for the Optus D1 and D2 satellites. Under the...
MultiChoice Africa Set For HD Launch
MultiChoice Africa, a pan-African DTH platform, is potentially two years away from launching a high-definition (HD) channel in South Africa. MultiChoice CEO Nolo Letele told Satellite Today, “We recognize that,...
Sea Launch Signs Fourth PanAmSat Gig
Long Beach, Calif.-based Sea Launch has been selected to launch PanAmSat‘s Galaxy 16 communication satellite from a sea-based launch site on the Equator. The agreement calls for Sea Launch to...
DARPA Taps SpaceX For Responsive-Launch Demo
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force gave a $8 million contract to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) that calls for SpaceX to demonstrate a...
SatMAX NLOS Antenna Added To GSA Schedule
Eagle Broadband Inc. [EAG] said Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) received approval from the General Services Administration to add Eagle’s SatMAX non-line-of-sight (NLOS) satellite communications repeater system to SAIC’s GSA...
India Launches Education Satellite, Adds Second Pad
Satellite Today has learned that India’s space agency yesterday successfully launched that country’s first satellite for educational services from the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) spaceport in Sriharikota on board...
Telkom South Africa Streamlines Network Operations
South Africa’s Telkom SA Limited chose Atlanta-based ILC‘s network-control software to monitor and control satellite earth stations. The new satellite Network Element Management System (NEMS) is intended to add momentum...