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Comtech Mobile Datacom Inks U.S. Army MTS Program Contract Comtech Mobile Datacom has received an initial funded order totaling $4.6 million to support the U.S. Army’s Movement Tracking System (MTS) […]

Advantech Wireless Promotes Former Hughes Exec to VP of North, South American Sales Canadian-based satellite hardware manufacturer Advantech Wireless promoted Paul Sandoval to vice president of sales for the Americas […]

Digital Plus Partners with Cisco to Develop iPlus Terminals Spanish DTH provider Digital Plus has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco Systems. The alliance between the two companies will enable […]

GeoEye Launches NGA Enhanced View Web Hosting Geospatial information solutions provider GeoEye has delivered EnhancedView Web Hosting Service (WHS) capabilities to the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA). EnhancedView WHS aims […]

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Eutelsat is opening a new orbital position at 3 degrees East and commissioning Astrium to build a tri-band satellite for launch in early 2014.     The new satellite will be named Eutelsat 3B […]

Spanish DTH provider Digital Plus has signed a strategic partnership with Cisco Systems, the companies announced.    The alliance between the two companies will enable Digital Plus to provide 3-D and HD content […]

The past 18 months have been eventful for Mexican operator Satélites Mexicanos (Satmex). EchoStar Satellite Services made an unsuccessful attempt to acquire Satmex in the early part of 2010. Satmex […]

The satellite capacity situation in Latin America is becoming much more difficult to manage for both satellite operators and capacity buyers. Werner Schuler, CEO of Media Networks Latin America (MNLA), a company […]

Last year was a particularly important year for FSS operators as a number of important strategic Ka-band investments were made. Over the past 18 months, 17 FSS operators invested in Ka-band, […]

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Manufacturer Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) has delivered SES’ QuetzSat-1 satellite to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan to prepare for its launch onboard an ILS Proton Breeze M booster in September, SES announced Aug. 8.    […]

 Vizada has launched a range of global maritime broadband packages integrating Ku-band VSAT and mobile satellite services (MSS), the company announced.    The service package aims to enable customers to select […]

 Blue Sky Network’s (BSN) sister company in Latin America, BSN Brazil, has obtained a non-geostationary Satellite Global Mobile Service (SMGS) license, which authorizes the company to provide Iridium-based satellite services in Brazil, […]

 Canadian-based satellite hardware manufacturer Advantech Wireless promoted Paul Sandoval to vice president of sales for the Americas region, effective immediately, the company announced.    Sandoval initially joined Advantech Wireless as vice president of […]

 Gilat Satellite Networks has been selected by Spanish operator Hispasat to provide a new broadband satellite IP network based on Gilat’s SkyEdge 2 System, the companies announced.     The Sky Edge 2 system […]

SES World Skies has signed a new capacity deal with ESPN Brazil to deliver HD sports content to homes across the region, the operator announced.    ESPN Brazil will utilize 18MHz of C-band […]

 FSS satellite operator Intelsat has received multiple contracts from oil and gas managed communications provider RigNet to acquire new satellite capacity and renew its existing leases, Intelsat announced.    RigNet will take up new […]

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EchoStar Satellite Services Hires Former SES Executive as President EchoStar Corp. has appointed Anders Johnson as president of EchoStar Satellite Services, effective immediately. Johnson will report directly to EchoStar president […]

Comtech Xicom Unveils XTD-400KHE Ku-band TWTA Comtech Xicom Technology introduced a new 400-Watt Ku-Band traveling wave tube amplifier (TWTA) that features the size, weight and prime-power requirements of traditional 200-Watt […]

Hughes Rolls Out Satellite Internet Service for Enterprise Market Hughes Network Systems introduced its new business-grade satellite Internet service plans for small- and mid-sized businesses.     HughesNet Business Internet aims […]

Integral Systems Europe Awarded Asiasat contract Integral Systems Europe (ISE UK) has been awarded a contract by AsiaSat to upgrade two satellite terminals at its Tai Po Earth Station. Construction […]

There are financial ramifications for buying a larger house than needed; such as proportionally larger maintenance, tax and insurance bills. However, one way to lessen the financial sting is to […]

[Satellite TODAY 07-20-11] International Launch Services’ (ILS) first shared payload Proton-M rocket launch was a success, carrying the SES-3 and KazSat-2 telecommunications satellites July 15 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in […]

[Satellite TODAY Insider 07-14-11] Annual revenues derived from mobile cloud-based enterprise services are expected to reach $39 billion by 2016 as mobile network operators increasingly offer unified communications suites to […]

AsiaSat Expands Earth Station AsiaSat is expanding its Tai Po Earth Station in Hong Kong. The project consists of a 900 square meter addition for equipment, a 600 square meter […]

ABS Gains $215 Million in Bank Financing Asia Broadcast Satellite has secured $215 million in new funding. It has closed a $215 million five-year senior bank loan from a financial […]

DirecTV Starts Home Media Center Trial DirecTV has started field trial testing for its DirecTV Home Media Center. It will ultimately provide customers with a ‘receiver-less’ solution for many TVs […]