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Gilat Wins Israeli Military Deal The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has selected Gilat Satellite Networks’ SatTrooper-1000 military Manpack terminal for advanced tactical field communications. The SatTrooper-1000 will provide Israeli soldiers […]

SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear Partner to Develop IP-LNB for Satellite TV Home Distribution SES, Inverto, Abilis and MaxLinear have been jointly designing the first low-noise block down-converter (LNB) that […]

In this special FSS Engineering roundtable, we talk to five leading CTOs of regional FSS operators about the technology challenges facing their companies. Taking part are Antonio Abad, CTO, Hispasat; […]

The issue of inadequate bandwidth has become a business problem. Consumers, fed up with slow connections, seek alternate providers; companies or researchers wishing to do video conferencing or trying to […]

We are barely halfway into 2013 and already Hughes and ViaSat have both ordered huge new satellites and placing bets that the industry will become more mainstream than ever going […]

The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) has selected Hughes Network Systems to provide a satellite back-up solution for its Operational Systems Network (OPSnet).

Details about the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia’s (MPDC) arrangement with the Naval Research Laboratory are developing as part of a lawsuit by people taken into custody during the International Monetary Fund and World Bank meetings.

Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a Enters Full Commercial Service The Azerspace-1/Africasat-1a satellite has successfully completed in-orbit testing and entered full commercial service. The spacecraft will provide communications services to customers in Azerbaijan, Europe, Africa, […]

DISH Network Makes Bold Move for Sprint Nextel DISH Network Corporation has announced its intentions to acquire the third largest wireless carrier in the United States. The company has submitted […]

Hispasat Expands Satellite Broadband Network Gilat Satellite Networks and Hispasat have signed a deal to expand the Spanish satellite operator’s broadband satellite-based network with an additional SkyEdge II system. The […]

Elara Comunicaciones Helps Rural Towns In Southeast Mexico Benefit from New Satellite Project Elara Comunicaciones has begun implementing a large-scale satellite network to bring voice and data service to 2,717 […]

Arianespace Appoints Le Gall Replacement Arianespace has appointed Stéphane Israël as its new chairman and CEO. Israël replaces Jean-Yves Le Gall, who is the new president of French space agency […]

AsiaSat Signs Landmark Hosted Payload Deal AsiaSat and GeoMetWatch have announced a strategic partnership to host the first of six Sounding & Tracking Observatory for Regional Meteorology (STORMTM) instruments on […]

Intelsat went forward with a long-awaited initial public offering in April dominated by defiant market conditions and challenges arising from the company’s own debt-laden capital structure. The Intelsat IPO went […]

RSC Energia is one of Russia’s main space companies. It plays a key role in the development of space technologies, as it bids to keep Russia at the forefront of […]

The hosted payload market has kicked into life in spectacular fashion this year with a number of contracts being announced. With speculation always abound about potential deals to come, 2013 […]

At SATELLITE 2013, Hughes announced the new Jupiter 2/EchoStar XIX satellite. This satellite will be built by Space Systems/Loral on the SSL 1300 bus and will have 50 percent more […]

If Facebook asks “What’s on your mind?” and Twitter asks “What’s happening?” who will ask “Where are you?” Well, it turns out that there may be no need to ask […]

In March this year, the South African National Space Agency (SANSA) and the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) signed an agreement that will see the RadioAstron satellite mission collaborating with […]

India has a population of more than a billion people, multiple languages and a developing economy. At the start of the last decade, DishTV had the DTH market pretty much […]

The emergence of Ka-band satellites and ever-more complex terrestrial networks such as 4G are driving greater network capacity gains. With these networks, the number of connected devices and connected components […]

The U.S. government is hungry for cost-effective access to space, and hosted payloads soon may be a tangible option for budget-strapped civil and military users. The Hosted Payload Office in […]

HBO is one of the world’s major broadcasting brands, and an innovator in bringing content to audiences worldwide. The company, which has a very strong presence in North America, is […]

Monitoring global air traffic is not an easy task, but in the wake of SES’s recent launch of the first space-based automatic dependent surveillance broadcast (ADS-B) system, this could soon change.

Raytheon has awarded $300,000 in scholarships and grants to middle school students and their schools as part of its MathMovesU program, an initiative designed to engage middle school students in math and science.

Thuraya Telecommunications has unveiled a new Maritime Broadband (MBB) service enabling ship owners and managers to use maritime broadband communications.

Shortly after the deadly twister struck Oklahoma on May 20, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) requested help from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to provide expert analysis on video, pictures and satellite imagery of the destruction.

ScheduALL has announced May 31 as the release date of the new ScheduALL 5 (S5) software.

RRsat Global Communications Network has signed a long-term agreement to enable Word Network, the largest African-American religious network in the U.S., to reach millions of viewers in Australia, New Zealand and the Arab world.

[Satellite TODAY [05-21-13] In the June edition, we took an in-depth look at the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India China, South Africa) markets for satellite. We also looked at DTH in […]