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Editor's note for the March edition of Via Satellite

Interview with Michel de Rosen, winner of Via Satellite's Satellite Executive of the Year award.

High Throughput Satellites (HTS) have ushered in a major overhaul of ground infrastructure. Addressing the new principles of satellite design and the requirements that go with it, ground segment players have created tools that are as cutting-edge as they are crucial to delivering HTS' promise.

The connected car is no longer a vision of the future. It is here today, and one of the most exciting connected transportation markets out there. But is this market more hype than reality? We spoke to a number of car manufacturers to find out.

Government projects to reduce the digital divide are increasing the demand for satellite services. Will HTS have an even stronger impact than originally forecast?

Government and defense agencies share a critical mission – to protect lives. Whether that's on the battlefield or across the homeland, it demands failsafe communication. And today, government defense agencies around the globe are pushing communications further to give them every advantage to get the mission done.

In a robust move to encourage investment and support commercial activities for the mining of space resources by U.S. citizens and companies, President Obama signed the Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015 in November 2015.

Editor's note for the February edition of Via Satellite

Though some spectrum traded hands, the final WRC-15 outcome was much better than expected, and viewed largely with optimism by both sides.

The Middle East is an ever-changing market with one constant: growth. With unprecedented developments taking place, the region will continue to drive Earth observation, exploration and mobile connectivity while shaping a unique space industry.

With a feel-good factor emanating around the industry, the process to decide nominees for our Satellite Executive of the Year was far from easy. However, we have managed to whittle it down to six candidates that are in the running for the award.

Once again, the satellite industry can breathe a sigh of relief at having apparently dodged a bullet at the most recently concluded World Radiocommunication Conference. While some minor incursions were […]

The FIFA World Cup is the planet’s most widely viewed sporting event. The 2010 World Cup held in South Africa was broadcast to 204 countries on 245 different channels. The […]

Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite

Technology advances are enabling communications companies to embrace satellite as part of their core network like never before

In 1988, a meeting of the World Health Assembly set a mind-boggling goal: to eradicate the ancient scourge of polio. At the time the goal was set, the polio virus […]

Editor's note for the January edition of Via Satellite

Small satellites, or SmallSats, have typically been relegated to a secondary position when it comes to launching. But now that SmallSats have grown so numerous, they are changing the launch sector.

The satellite industry services a number of verticals from maritime, aero, oil and gas, enterprise, broadcast, among others. With much talk of the Internet of Things (IoT) and more connected devices than ever before, we examine how key end users are seeing their needs for satellite over the next few months.

Via Satellite looks to recognize the technology company that has raised the bar in 2015 providing the best solutions to the industry.

While cord cutting is one risk for pay-TV providers, the most acute problem could be the progressive emergence of a new demographic segment that has never paid for TV content.

When is an Astronaut not an Astronaut? - Via Satellite

Via Satellite interviews the new blood coming into the satellite industry to get a glimpse of their aspirations and impressions for satellite

Editor's note for Via Satellite December 2015

Satellites can be key players in the global response to the migration crisis, offering unique monitoring and humanitarian communication capabilities.

Despite economic hardship and international sanctions, Russia's space industry is pressing forward with ambitious plans.

The satellite industry is undergoing dramatic changes driven by new technologies, new players, and new business models.

Latency in satellite communications has long been considered a fundamental limitation, but new developments are challenging that assumption.