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Arianespace launched its 52nd Ariane 5 launch via an Ariane 5 ECA launcher from Kourou, French Guiana Nov. 10, orbiting the telecommunications satellites Eutelsat 21B for European operator Eutelsat and Star […]

Orbital Sciences, under a contract with Boeing, has completed work on the Mexsat Bicentenario communications satellite to provide Mexico and the surrounding maritime area with communications solutions, the companies announced. […]

Hughes Network Systems will build and supply an 11,000-site broadband satellite network for the Mexican Ministry of Communications and Transport (SCT) across the whole country to bring high-speed Internet and […]

Personal satellite messaging, tracking and navigation technology company DeLorme, has partnered with Spacenet Communications Services de Mexico (Spacenet Mexico) to deliver its award-winning inReach two-way satellite communication technology to customers […]

NewCom International has launched a satellite-powered distance education network covering 26 schools in the Nudo de Paramillo Region in Northern Colombia built on the iDirect satellite communications platform and backed […]

Encompass Digital Media’s acquisition of TIBA Satellite Services (TIBA) has been described as “the missing piece of the puzzle” as the teleport operator finally has the global presence it really […]

SES and Astrium Services have signed capacity deals to deliver connectivity to vessels around Latin America as well as in the North Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Red Sea and Gulf of […]

Panasonic Avionics Corporation has signed additional long term contract for Telesat satellite capacity, the global fixed satellite services operator announced.    This newest agreement follows a previous June 2012 contract […]

Iran’s oil tankers are sending incorrect satellite signals to global tracking systems to conceal their voyages to Syria.

North Korea announced it plans to delay the launch of a long-range rocket to orbit a satellite originally scheduled to take off between December 10 and 22, 2012.

NASA released high-quality images of the Plosky Tolbachik volcano on Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula that suddenly erupted after being dormant for 36 years.

All of Globalstar’s six satellites scheduled for launch in early February are now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, completed when the final two satellites arrived at the launch complex Dec. 9

Gilat Satcom has partnered with XipLink to accelerate web-surfing speeds and satellite communications throughput.

Russian Proton heavy-lift rocket suffered a failure during launch, delivering Gazprom Space System’s telecommunication satellite into a lower orbit than desired.

OnAir’s inflight connectivity is now a linefit option for Mobile OnAir and Internet OnAir to be equipped with Dassault’s Falcon 7X and available for 2014 delivery.

[Satellite TODAY 12-10-12] Portugal’s Upstar Comunicacoes has chosen Nevion to upgrade their existing video transport infrastructure with greater channel capacity, longer distance transport and increased redundancy, the company announced Dec. […]

Gokturk-2 is Turkey’s second homemade earth observation satellite and is scheduled to launch Dec. 19 from the Chinese Jiuquan Base.

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] EchoStar subsidiary EchoStar Technologies and DISH will design, manufacture and sell new energy-efficient set-top boxes (STBs), the companies announced Dec 6. EchoStar is the exclusive provider of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] GMV USA will provide Harris Corporation with its software product for the ground system of the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R), the companies announced Dec. 7. […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Fire Watch America has been made a Space Certification Program Partner and is now authorized to carry the Certified Space Technology seal, the Space Foundation announced Dec. […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-07-12] Shaw Direct, which has over 900,000 DTH subscribers in Canada, is looking to bring a variety of new applications to its customer base in Canada. Shaw […]

[Satellite News 12-07-12] (London, United Kingdom) The Global VSAT Forum’s Ka-band roundtable assembly in London this week featured top speakers from regulators, legal firms, as well as satellite companies all […]

The new MapBox Satellite allows users to customize public domain satellite imagery through its platform.

Boeing selected Saft to provide Li-ion battery packs for four new 702SP communication satellites.

NASA released new images of Earth’s night scene from the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP) satellite.

[Satellite TODAY 12-07-12] Direct-to-home (DTH) satellite broadcaster Vision Asia has chosen Telstra to provide its Australian and New Zealand viewers with managed satellite services, the companies announced Dec. 7. The […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-06-12] Inmarsat CEO Rupert Pearce says the company has performed solidly in 2012 despite a tough operating environment this year. Pearce became CEO of Inmarsat at the […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] Thales Alenia Space has signed a contract with Astrium GmbH for the BepiColombo spacecraft designed to explore Mercury, the company announced Dec. 5. BepiColombo is scheduled for […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] Globalstar has returned its second-generation satellite impacted by the momentum wheel issue back to commercial service, the company announced Dec. 5. “After more than a year of […]

[Satellite TODAY 12-06-12] SpeedCast and its majority shareholder TA Associates have bought out Australian Satellite Communications (ASC), the Hong Kong global network and satcom services provider announced Dec. 6. Providing […]