Technology

[Via Satellite 11-12-2015] China has entered the realm of small satellite players with the success of its first CubeSat launch this September. The mission, directed by Shufan Wu, senior aerospace...

[Via Satellite 11-12-2015] Integrated Petroleum & Energy Services company (PETSE) has signed a three-year agreement with Airbus Defence and Space for Terralink Hub communications services. Using the company’s fully managed...

[Via Satellite 11-10-2015] ABS is bringing what could be a step-change to satellite telecommunications by ushering in what it calls Ultra-High Throughput (UTS) capacity with its future satellites. ABS CEO...

[Via Satellite 11-09-2015] Comtech Telecommunications subsidiary Comtech Xicom Technology has received a $1.7 million contract from a major U.S. system integrator to supply 500-Watt Ka-band Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers (TWTAs) for High Throughput...

[Via Satellite 11-06-2015] An elated Gogo CEO Michael Small told analysts, investors and journalists during the company’s third quarter conference call Thursday that the In-Flight Connectivity (IFC) giant’s next generation...

[Via Satellite 11-06-2015] Honeywell and Com Dev International have reached a definitive agreement for Com Dev to become part of Honeywell and for its exactEarth subsidiary to spin off as...

[Via Satellite 11-05-2015] Hughes Networks Systems has unveiled its new HM System, engineered around its Software-Definable Modem (SDM) technology and Scrambled Code Multiple Access (SCMA) waveform. Hughes is launching with...

[Via Satellite 11-04-2015] Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) and Arab Satellite Communication Organization (Arabsat) have signed an expansion capacity agreement on ABS 3A for a multi-transponder, multi-year deal for Ku-band payload....

[Via Satellite 11-03-2015] Harris Corporation is confident it will see growth in optical space systems through its recent acquisition of Exelis, providing an avenue for growth at a time when...

[Via Satellite 11-02-2015] EMC has signed a site license agreement with the Global VSAT Forum (GVF) that will provide the company’s technical personnel access to its VSAT satellite communications training...