Technology

[Via Satellite 06-22-2015] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting’s newest satellite, Thor 7, has completed in-orbit testing as well as its journey from Geostationary Transfer Orbit (GTO) to its 1 degree west orbital...

[Via Satellite 06-19-2015] Japanese satellite operator Broadcasting Satellite System Corporation (B-SAT) has selected Space Systems/Loral (SSL) to build a new satellite for Direct-to-Home (DTH) television services. The new BSAT 4a...

[Via Satellite 06-18-2015] Accion Systems, a satellite technology startup that originated at MIT, has received a Rapid Innovation Fund (RIF) contract from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) worth $3...

[Via Satellite 06-17-2015] Agencia Boliviana Espacial (ABE), the Bolivian Space Agency, has certified the results of a two-month trial campaign using Newtec satellite equipment that transmitted more than 500Mbps over 120MHz...

[Via Satellite 06-16-2015] BlackSky Global, a rising Seattle-based satellite imagery startup founded in 2013, plans to launch a constellation of 60 Earth observation satellites to enable revisit times of a...

[Via Satellite 06-16-2015] Honeywell Aerospace and Inmarsat have completed the first phase of hardware and satellite network flight tests for GX Aviation broadband services, which they promise can deliver in-flight...

[Via Satellite 06-16-2015] LeoSat and Thales Alenia Space anticipate completion of their feasibility study on LeoSat’s proposed Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) broadband constellation this July. LeoSat expects to be ready to...

[Via Satellite 06-16-2015] Intelsat and Newtec are working together with the European Space Agency (ESA) Indigo Project to develop new ground segment technology for Intelsat EpicNG High Throughput Satellites (HTS). Intelsat...

[Via Satellite 06-16-2015] Northern Sky Research (NSR) forecasts the launch of more than 2,500 sub-100-kg satellites during the next decade, according to the firm’s latest report, “Nano and Microsatellite Markets, 2nd...

[Via Satellite 06-15-2015] OneWeb has selected Airbus Defence and Space to be its industrial partner for a constellation of 900 microsatellites to deliver global broadband. Each satellite will have a...