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Eutelsat Acquires Satmex, Orders New Satellite from SSL Satmex’s control center in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, will soon be acquired by Eutelsat. Credit: Satmex Eutelsat will pay more than $1.1 billion […]

Dish, Southwest Airlines Announce Free Live and On-Demand TV Dish is launching “TV Flies Free,” marking the first time TV entertainment is free for passengers aboard Southwest Airlines. Southwest customers […]

The O3b story spans multiple locations across the globe at different points over the last 20 years. From Boston, to Rwanda, to Paris, we look at some of the key […]

Raytheon has received a contract from NASA to develop a Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) for NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System 2 spacecraft.

According to analysts at IHS Jane’s Military and Security Assessments Intelligence Centre in London, satellite imagery indicates the possibility that Iran is building a ballistic missile launching facility near the city of Shahrud.

A Lockheed Martin team has successfully completed electrical, mechanical and thermal environmental tests for the Solar Ultraviolet Imager (SUVI) instrument, which will make crucial solar measurements when it flies on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) next-generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) satellite mission, known as GOES R.

A combination of satellite image analysis and field visits to Aleppo, the largest city in Syria, show widespread damage to residential areas, civilian organization and cultural heritage, according to Amnesty International.

The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have successfully delivered the 19th Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), block 5D3, weather satellite to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif.

SkyTruth monitors environmental changes and provides satellite pictures and supporting data to environmental advocates, the media, and the public.

The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Mars Express has found evidence of the existence of water in Mars.

16.16 local time Tuesday June 25, French Guiana, will live long in my memory. That was the time when an Arianespace official came on a big screen, and said the […]

The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) has organized a committee to probe abnormalities on the country's advanced weather satellite, INSAT 3D, following its launch on July 26.

MDA Signs Space-Based Surveillance Deal With Canada’s Department of National Defense MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a global communications and information company has signed a CA$10.8 million ($10.4 million) contract […]

Arianespace Successfully launches ESA’s Fourth ATV Thales Alenia Space has announced the successful liftoff of the European Space Agency’s fourth Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV), named after famous scientist Albert Einstein. […]

SES Appoints Karim Michel Sabbagh as New CEO and President SES announced that the company’s President and CEO Romain Bausch plans to step down from his position at the next […]

SKY Perfect JSAT, SSL Sign New Satellite Deal SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation has entered into an agreement with Space Systems/Loral (SSL) for the construction of its new communications satellite JCSAT […]

Axesat of Colombia Signs Capacity Deal on Telesat’s Anik G1 Satellite Telesat has announced that Axesat, a provider of VSAT services in South America, has signed a long-term contract for […]

SES and Newtec Boost Satellite Efficiency in Africa Mobile 3G networks in Africa are set to benefit from the new-generation Newtec modems, which include S2 Extensions technology that boost the […]

On July 17, 2013, as NASA’s Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS) orbited around Earth, the door of its telescope opened to view the lowest layers of the sun's atmosphere.

Following a warning from intelligence agencies that using a foreign satellite in the proposed nationwide Crime and Criminal Tracking Network and Systems (CCTNS) could make critical databases vulnerable to eavesdropping by other countries, India’s Union Home Ministry has decided to take the help of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) to make the project fully home-grown.

A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas 5 rocket carrying the second Mobile User Objective System (MUOS 2) satellite for the U.S. Navy lifted off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on Friday July 19.

The Colombian Ministry of Information Technologies and Telecommunications (MINTIC) has extended its contract with Gilat Satellite Networks. Valued at approximately $6.75 million, the contract extends the award originally received by Gilat in December 2011.

SES announced that the SES 6 satellite roared into space aboard an ILS Proton Breeze M launch vehicle June 3 at 5:38 p.m. EDT. After a 15-hour, 31-minute mission, the Breeze M upper stage of the Proton rocket successfully released the SES 6 satellite directly into geostationary transfer orbit.

After a 24-hour and an extra 33 minutes delay caused by weather conditions, Arianespace’s Soyuz launcher finally took off from the Guiana Space Center carrying the first four connectivity satellites for O3b Networks.

In celebration of the 50th anniversary of sci-fi TV show “Doctor Who,” a father-daughter pair built a tiny TARDIS-replica satellite

The U.S. federal government stands to benefit from proposed rules that would give it co-primary status in satellite spectrum shared with commercial users. Should recent rules proposed by the FCC […]

Blue Sky Network’s HawkEye 5300 Receives Homologation Certification in Brazil Blue Sky Network, a supplier of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land and maritime, has announced that its […]

ATK Wins Contract to Support DARPA SeeMe Program The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has awarded a contract to ATK to support the agency’s Space Enabled Effects for […]

Newtec Makes Asia Appointment Newtec has appointed Mario Querner as its new vice president of Asia. Prior to joining Newtec, Querner worked as Head for South-East Asia at ECI Telecom, […]

SpeedCast Announces Buyout of Pactel International SpeedCast has boosted its position in Asia by acquiring Pactel International, a satellite communications service provider based in Australia. Pactel provides satellite communications solutions […]