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With a population of around 74 million people, Turkey is one of the biggest countries in Europe. It is also a market where satellite is strong, both from a pay-TV […]

Satellite life extension continues to hold both revolutionary promise and disruptive menace for the satellite and space industry. The useful lifetime of geosynchronous orbit satellites averages about fifteen years – […]

Telefonica Splits Share of Hispasat Between Eutelsat and Abertis Telefonica has reached an agreement to sell its 13 percent stake in Spanish satellite operator Hispasat to Eutelsat and Abertis for […]

General Satellite Planning Pay-TV Expansion in Pakistan Russian satellite reception equipment manufacturer, General Satellite, is planning to invest in a new pay-TV platform for Pakistan that will be marketed to […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Scores Satellite Connectivity Business with Peru State Bank Gilat To Home Peru, a subsidiary of Gilat Satellite Networks, has been awarded a three-year contract by Peru’s state […]

EchoStar Satellite Services Hires Former SiriusXM, LightSquared Executive EchoStar Satellite Services has hired SiriusXM vice president of engineering Derek de Bastos as its CTO. De Bastos was among the first […]

Eutelsat Offers In-Flight Connectivity Services Through KA-SAT Eutelsat Communications has announced the launch of Eutelsat Air Access, its new aeronautical mobile service. The service is designed to help accelerate the […]

I would like to congratulate Tom Choi, CEO, Asia Broadcast Satellite (ABS) who I am proud to name as our Satellite Executive of the Year for 2012. As always, it […]

Gilat Satellite Networks Deploys SkyAbis Backhaul Solution to Southeast Asian Operator Gilat Satellite Networks has signed an agreement with Huawei for the delivery of its SkyAbis cellular backhaul solution to […]

Bing Maps have been updated. Microsoft's digital maps service now feature a new base satellite image from TerraColor with a resolution of 15 meters per pixel.

Six years ago, Asia Broadcast Satellite CEO Tom Choi had a bold vision for the operator. He wanted to create a regional powerhouse with multiple satellites. By 2012, Choi built […]

With the success of SpaceX’s Falcon 9, it seems like the age of truly commercial space launch has arrived. But what exactly is a commercial launch? When I worked with […]

Cato Halsaa has been CEO of Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc) for well over a decade and has led the satellite operator to a strong position across a number of industry […]

Europeans satellite operations currently depend almost entirely on the United States when it comes to space debris surveillance and tracking information.

In-flight broadband services for commercial airliners and private aircraft just got a boost. In December, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) issued an order implementing Ku-band rules for the operation […]

Whether accidental from improper equipment installations or deliberate from government factions jamming news broadcasts, interference remains the industry’s costliest threat as satellite enters new mass markets to deliver consumer broadband, […]

The shale gas revolution has seen the United States turn around its bleak energy position from a massive importer to a future of self-sufficiency within the next two decades. This […]

A future iPhone with satellite capabilities could be the next development for Apple.

IT products and services provider Fujitsu has revealed a prototype for the “New Generation Cane,” which has GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and 3G connectivity integrated into its structure.

Orbital Sciences Corporation has successfully conducted an extended-duration “hot fire” test of the first stage propulsion system of its new Antares medium-class rocket.

Orbcomm has announced it will relocate its corporate headquarters from Fort Lee, N.J. to Rochelle Park, N.J. today.

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has released its annual benchmarking study of broadband speeds and, for the first time, a satellite provider was included. ViaSat’s Exede Satellite Internet service debuted at the top spot for exceeding advertised speeds.

A weather satellite spotted the meteor that exploded the Ural Mountains in Russia early Friday morning. The object caused a sonic boom as it entered Earth’s atmosphere and injured hundreds of people in Russia’s Chelyabinsk region, approximately 930 miles east of Moscow.

International Launch Services (ILS) is looking to bounce back quickly after the problems of launching the Yamal-402 satellite late last year for Russian satellite operator, Gazprom Space Systems.

Hughes Network Systems is demonstrating high-speed wireless 4G/LTE capabilities over satellite at California’s Naval Postgraduate School’s field event

As part of the 4 million euro CarboCountCity contract signed with Climate-KIC, Astrium has announced its contribution to the development and demonstration of a service that will measure citywide emissions of greenhouse gases (GHG) such as methane, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide.

Researchers in Spain have developed a new system capable of increasing conventional GPS devices’ accuracy. The

Thomson Video Networks has announced the launch of its new multi-format integrated receiver decoder (IRD), RD600.

Washington, DC – The National Space Club (NSC) is pleased to announce its annual award recipients. The Awards are selected by panels of experts from across the aerospace and defense […]