Connectivity

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-10] Harris Corp. has partnered with South Africa’s Concilium Technologies to provide broadcasters on-site service and support under Harris’ ServicePAK offering prior to and during 2010 FIFA World […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-10] SES Astra signed a satellite broadband deal with Polish data network operator Nask to extend the operator’s reach into Poland, SES announced June 7.     SES will […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-10] Avanti Communications has signed a long-term Hylas 1 capacity contract with an unnamed triple-play consumer telecom service in the United Kingdom and Ireland, the operator announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-08-10] Stratos Global has deployed an integrated, broadband crew communications solution for SE Ship Management (SESM), a ship operator and manager in Singapore, Stratos announced June 7.    […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Comtech’s 2010 third quarter financial results, released June 3, shattered market expectations with revenues increasing 68 percent to $216 million over the same period in 2009, beating […]

[Satellite News 06-07-10] e-GEOS’ partnership deal with Google, which will see the company develop and distribute geospatial solutions based on Google Earth Enterprise technology in Italy, could lead to an […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Canadian rural broadband provider Barrett Xplore has elected to exercise its maximum option of 100 percent capacity usage on Loral‘s ViaSat-1 broadband satellite payload, the company announced […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Arqiva won a platform deal with Italian digital cinema distributor Microcinema, Arqiva announced June 3.     Microcinema will use Arqiva’s digital cinema platform on the Intelsat IS905 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] SpaceX launched its Falcon-9 rocket and achieved Earth orbit, marking a successful inaugural performance for the highly anticipated medium-lift launch vehicle.     The rocket lifted off from […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] BSkyB has acquired a number of TV channels owned by its cable rival, Virgin Media, for 160 million British pounds ($234.9 million) in cash with 105 million […]

[Satellite News 06-04-10] Since losing control of the Galaxy 15 satellite April 5 after a solar flare instigated an anomaly, FSS operator Intelsat has faced simultaneous challenges beyond the loss […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] HBO Asia signed a long-term transponder lease agreement with APT Satellite for capacity on Apstar 2R (Telstar 10) and Apstar 2R’s replacement satellite, Apstar 7, set to […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] U.K. ship management company Zodiac Maritime Agencies has completed retrofitting its entire 156-ship fleet with Iridium OpenPort maritime satellite terminals, the MSS operator announced June 3.   […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Citibank has increased its committed credit facility to Globecomm Systems from $50 million to $65 million and renewed the facility for a year, Globecomm announced June 3. […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Arqiva has launched the Ahl-e-bait channel on the Hot Bird satellite neighborhood with fiber architecture support to audiences in Europe, the company announced June 2.  Ahl-e-bait, produced […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-04-10] Intelsat CTO Thierry Guillemin has revealed the details of its behind-the-scenes cooperative effort with customers and AMC-11 operator SES to mitigate interference threats posed by Galaxy 15 […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Iridium Communications awarded a fixed-price contract to Thales Alenia Space for the design and construction of satellites for the Iridium Next constellation, Iridium announced June 2.     […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] ND SatCom has promoted CTO and COO Johann Pohany to president and CEO effective immediately, the company announced June 2. Pohany succeeds Norbert Hölzle, who was promoted […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] SpaceX is targeting a 4-hour window on June 4 for its first test launch attempt of the Falcon 9 launch vehicle, with a back-up date June 5, […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] Gilat Satellite Networks has been chosen by Ethiopia’s national telecom operator, Ethiopian Telecommunication Corp. (ETC), to provide satellite communications equipment for deployment as part of the country’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] German VSAT Internet provider Level 421 has selected optimization technology from XipLink to implement a German government SCPC VSAT network, XipLink announced June 2.     The XipLink […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-03-10] According to Satellite TODAY’s May 2010 Web poll results, 67.9 percent of respondents said they believe commercial launch capacity will increase in the future as a result […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] VT iDirect has released a new line of software packages for its SatManage network management system, the company announced June 1.     iDirect has combined the product’s […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has been selected to build the Anik G1 satellite for Telesat, the companies announced June 1.    The Anik G1 multi-mission spacecraft will be […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Eurovision has signed deals with SES World Skies and AsiaSat to provide satellite delivery of the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa, the operators announced June […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Intelsat’s Galaxy 15 satellite has safely passed SES’s AMC-11 satellite after Intelsat lost control of the spacecraft April 5 due to a solar storm anomaly, Intelsat confirmed […]

[Satellite TODAY 06-02-10] Venezuelan telecoms operator CanTV has signed a deal with China Digital TV Holding Co. (CDT), which will see the Chinese company install various systems and solutions on […]

 AsiaSat CEO Peter Jackson, a key figure in the Asian satellite industry since the early 1970s, will retire in July from his position as leader of the satellite operator. William […]

Nearly everyone reading this article is involved in some way in the transmission of energy either to a satellite or a ground station. This means that you have probably heard […]

Years ago, I did a study on terrestrial versus satellite broadband. At the time, not so long after the failure of initiatives such as Teledesic, it was easy to be […]