Author: Caleb Henry

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] Raytheon is readying for a test this month of a new protected tactical waveform for the United States government. The waveform is being developed to provide increased...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] LightSquared missed a quarterly payment from Phase 2 of its cooperation agreement with Inmarsat. Based on a decision made March 31 2014, LightSquared restarted Phase 2 of...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] KVH Industries has acquired Videotel, a company that specializes in training films and e-learning services for the commercial maritime industry. Videotel had annual combined revenues of approximately...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] Iridium and SpaceX have completed all four types of testing for the satellite dispensers to be used in launching the Iridium NEXT constellation. The testing was comprised...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] Global Invacom has released a new range of programmable FibreIRS Mark 3 Gateway Termination Units (GTUs) and SwitchBlade fibre-multi-switch products. The new products are based on the...

[Via Satellite 07-03-2014] DigitalGlobe has appointed Roxanne J. Decyk to the company’s Board of Directors. The decision was made effective July 1, 2014. Decyk currently serves on the Board of...

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Inmarsat has chosen the SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket to launch its upcoming joint-satellite, and furthermore has opted for up to two additional missions. A launch date for...

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] A United Launch Alliance (ULA) Delta 2 rocket successfully carried NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO 2) into orbit from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. Orbital Sciences,...

  [Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Sagemcom has chosen Broadcom’s BCM7445 video decoder and BCM7252 System-on-a-Chip (SoCs) to broadcast select 2014 World Cup events live in Ultra High Definition (Ultra-HD). According to...

[Via Satellite 07-02-2014] Craig Cooning, Boeing’s former VP and general manager of Space and Intelligence Systems within the company’s Network and Space Systems (N&SS) segment has been promoted, effective immediately,...