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Eutelsat Communications and Taqnia Space (TSC), owned by the Public Investment Fund (PIF) of Saudi Arabia, have signed an agreement to enable email, social networking and live streaming at 36,000 […]

Boeing and the U.S. Air Force recently signed a Global Positioning System (GPS) sustainment agreement that will ensure the navigation capabilities millions of military and commercial users relied upon remain […]

Gogo has appointed Patrick Carroll as regional president in Asia Pacific (APAC). Carroll will manage Gogo’s airline accounts, certification and operations in the APAC region from Shanghai and will report […]

The Israel Premier Football League (IPFL) has selected MX1’s end-to-end MX1 360 service for live editing of sports content. MX1 360 provides the IPFL with a cloud-based media asset management solution, with fast […]

There is no doubt that BSkyB’s announcement to launch a “dish-free” pay-TV service in the U.K. in 2018 created a little bit of a stir. But, according to SES’ Chief […]

Asia Satellite Telecommunications Company (AsiaSat) has appointed Barrie Woolston as its new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) and Sabrina Cubbon to a new role of vice president of business development and […]

As part of the EU SatCom Market framework contract, which the European Defense Agency (EDA) recently awarded to Airbus Defence and Space, the company is delivering satellite communications systems for […]

Advantech Wireless has received a multi-million dollar contract from an unnamed NATO-member country to provide its ruggedized military-grade satcom terminals, including the new advanced line of Gallium Nitride (GaN)-based Solid […]

Flightcell International has released its next-generation, high frequency, low-cost tracking technology using Internet Protocol (IP) over cellular. Cellular IP tracking provides more precise tracking by increasing the number of GPS […]

Intelsat has announced that Intelsat 33e, the second of the Intelsat EpicNG High Throughput Satellites (HTS), successfully completed all in-orbit testing and entered service on January, 29 2017. Manufactured by […]

Boeing, Iridescent’s Curiosity Machine, PBS Learning Media and the Teaching Channel have produced a collection of free educational materials and tutorials that children can use to design their own satellite, […]

NorthTelecom has announced the appointment of John Brophy as Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Brophy comes to NorthTelecom from a strong background in finance and accounting, which will be of […]

Manoto TV, a popular Persian-language channel, has completed its switch in SD and HD versions to the Eutelsat 7B satellite operated by Eutelsat Communications. The channel is now available exclusively […]

Kwesé TV, a new satellite network in Africa has officially launched. The Kwesé Network’s pay-TV satellite service started broadcasting on Monday, beaming its full suite of programming to households in […]

Iridium Communications has booked its eight Falcon 9 launch with SpaceX, which will be Iridium’s first rideshare deal. The agreement affords Iridium the ability to launch five additional Iridium Next […]

SES and Satcom Global, provider of global satellite communications services to the maritime and land sectors, have signed a strategic partnership. The agreement provides Satcom Global with access to SES’ […]

Intelsat and Quantis Global, a broadband service provider in Europe and Northern Africa, have signed an agreement to enhance and expand the Quantis network using services provided by Intelsat EpicNG […]

Aerojet Rocketdyne announced it is moving forward with plans to produce its newest advanced rocket engine, the AR1, in Huntsville, Alabama, resulting in the creation of 100 new jobs, according […]

BSkyB (Sky), a U.K. pay-TV operator as well as a major acquirer of satellite capacity, made a major announcement last week to bring a “satellite-free” OTT service to U.K. customers […]

NorthTelecom has entered into an agreement with a Philippine-based Public Telecommunications Entity (PTE) to supply satellite ground hardware, space segment capacity, and internet bandwidth for the Philippine rural market, especially […]

Arianespace has successfully launched the Hispasat 36W-1 telecommunications satellite for Spanish satellite communications operator Hispasat aboard a Soyuz rocket on Friday, January 27 from the Guiana Space Center (CSG). This […]

Orbital ATK has selected EaglePicher Technologies to design and manufacture a battery with specifications to use lithium-ion cells manufactured by GS Yuasa Technology (GYT) to power the Joint Polar Satellite […]

Giglio Group has signed an agreement with RTL 102.5 Network to launch two new channels in High Definition (HD) via satellite through Eutelsat’s Hot Bird satellites at 13 degrees east: […]

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Airbus Defence and Space has delivered a propulsion test module to NASA for the Orion program. The Propulsion Qualification Test Model (PQM) will be used to check that the Orion […]

Macom Technology Solutions Holdings announced it has successfully completed the acquisition of Applied Micro Circuits Corporation. With the transaction now closed, Macom plans to engage with previously identified potential buyers […]

Raytheon has completed factory acceptance testing of the flight operations system for the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). With seven times the light-collecting power of its predecessor, the Hubble Space […]

Viptela, the Software-Defined WAN (SD-WAN) company, announced that its partner, NTTPC Communications, a premier telecommunications carrier in Japan, is offering the company’s first managed cloud network service called Master’sONE using […]

[Via Satellite 01-26-2017] The Defense Forensic Science Center (DFSC) has awarded UltiSat a commercial satellite communications (ComSatCom) subscription services task order. Through the contract, Ultisat will provide Ku bandwidth capacity […]

[Via Satellite 01-26-2017] The Mobile Satellite Users Association (MSUA) has announced its 2017 board of directors and new corporate and small business members. MSUA is a nonprofit association dedicated to […]