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Telesat has announced it will stop broadcasting programming and content from the Iranian regime.

[Satellite News 11-08-12] While developing markets continue to emerge with new opportunities for satellite, the pace of change is appearing in teleport operator business results at a slow pace, according […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-09-12] Via Satellite magazine is hosting two very informative Web conference events during the next month that industry insiders will not want to miss. iDirect – Solving the […]

A new prototype developed by NASA and ESA opens up possibilities to control robots in other planets from Earth.

NASA plans to use commercial satellites for scientific missions starting with an air pollution monitor.

After reporting a loss of subscribers, Dish Network and DirecTV could give the possibility of merger another try.

 [Satellite TODAY 11-08-12] Intelsat S.A. reported $654.9 million revenue and a net loss of $34.5 million for its 2012 third quarter ending Sept. 30, the satellite service provider announced Nov. […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-08-12] ViaSat has reported its better-than-expected results for the 2013 fiscal second quarter with revenue of $283 million and a loss of $1.9 million or 4 cents a […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-08-12] DirecTV has released its earnings for the third quarter 2012, reflecting its dispute with Viacom as well as its U.S. additions of soft subscribers due to the […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-08-12] Communications provider NewCom International has partnered with the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and a group of other public and private sector organizations in a pilot […]

 [Satellite TODAY 11-08-12] The South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA) has renewed their exactAIS Data Service with exactEarth through Oct. 2014, the company announced Nov. 8. SAMSA is involved with […]

Using the Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSAR) on the Japanese ALOS satellite, scientists observe how Earth deforms before a volcano eruption.

Convergence Partners and the Consortium of South African investors it led have exited the New Dawn satellite venture.

United Launch Alliance, in partnership with Boeing, is expected to officially announce Hensel Phelps Construction Co. to redesign pad 41.

NASA and the U.S. Air Force's Space and Missile Systems Center are developing a satellite to perform a hypervelocity impact experiment to examine space debris.

Austria will launch its first satellite in December with the objective of studying the nature of stars.

SpaceX reusable vertical takeoff and landing rocket "Grasshopper" took its second test flight.

   Honeywell Aerospace signed an agreement to make OnAir the distributor of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress Ka-band aircraft connectivity services to the business and general aviation community.    The five-year agreement […]

   Aircell said Avjet Corp., an international provider of aircraft charter and management solutions, has reached the mid-point in a program to equip its charter fleet with Aircell’s Gogo Biz […]

   In-flight entertainment and communications systems provider Panasonic Avionics, of Lake Forest, Calif., signed an agreement with operator Asia Satellite Telecommunications (AsiaSat) to secure additional Ku-band capacity on the AsiaSat […]

   Row 44, of Westlake Village, Calif., was selected by Russian airline UTair Aviation to provide inflight connectivity services.    With the Row 44 platform, UTair will provide its passengers […]

   Lars Thrane, founder of Danish satellite communications company Thrane & Thrane A/S, has announced his decision to leave the newly formed Cobham SATCOM following the acquisition of Thrane & […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-12] MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates (MDA) has completed its acquisition of Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) to form a global communications and information company, the information solutions provider announced Nov. […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-12] Gilat Satcom has launched a new VSAT service to provide Southeast Africa with high-bandwidth Internet connectivity, the communication solutions provider announced Nov. 5. The new VSAT service […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-12] Brazil’s Council for Economic Defense (CADE) has approved the partnership between Embraer and Telebras formed to create Visiona Tecnologia Espacial to acquire and develop the Brazilian geo-stationary […]

[Satellite TODAY 11-05-12] TrustComm has opened a new federal government solutions facility at the Quantico Corporate Center in Stafford, Va. to continue to provide secure Comsatcom solutions to the U.S. […]

SpaceX has successfully completed the first three performance milestones toward sending passengers in its spacecraft.

SUPARCO will have an operational constellation of navigation satellites orbiting Earths starting June 2013

ESA's study from its Cluster satellite mission indicates that the magnetic field that protects life on Earth from the Sun's excess radiation frequently experiences harmful breaches.

A research report released Monday predicts Ka-band connectivity for in-flight applications will hit 6,000 by 2020. According to the latest findings from IMS Research, Ku-band will be the most popular […]