Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Due to the holiday, there will be no Satellite TODAY Daily News Feed published on Monday, Jan. 2. We will resume our normal publishing schedule on Tuesday,...

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Arianespace launched six new second-generation Globalstar satellites on its new Soyuz 2-1a rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Arianespace confirmed Dec. 28 that the Soyuz’s upper...

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Broadband solutions provider Skycasters has been awarded a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) contract to provide satellite Internet service to GSA government agencies, the company announced Dec....

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] SpaceX has confirmed an updated Falcon 9 launch schedule for Orbcomm’s second-generation (OG2) satellites. The updated plans, announced Dec. 29, include launching the first OG2 prototype satellite...

[Satellite TODAY 12-30-11] Pole Star, Absolute Software and Absolute Maritime Tracking Services have completed a three-company merge into a London-based entity providing a combination of monitoring and security related services,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-29-11] Orbcomm has reached a definitive agreement with hospitality technology and services company PAR Technology Corp. to acquire its subsidiary PAR Logistics Management Systems (PAR LMS) for...

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] Hughes Network Systems has filed a letter of intent to seek access to the United States market from its Jupiter Ka-band satellite located at the 97.1 degrees...

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] China’s Beidou global positioning system (GPS) network has started providing services to the country and the surrounding regions, Chinese Satellite Navigation System Office Director Ran Chengqi announced...

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] Starmax HD announced Dec. 28 that it is closing down operations, but said the shut down is temporary and that the Spanish DTH platform would return to...

[Satellite TODAY 12-29-11] Deutsche Telekom may bid for rights to broadcast the German Bundesliga soccer league via satellite, according to a Dec. 27 report in the Financial Times Deutschland.  ...