Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] Optimal Satcom has been awarded a multi-year contract by Harris CapRock to provide a company-wide capacity management system based on Optimal Satcom’s Enterprise Capacity Manager (ECM) and...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11]A Lockheed Martin team developing the U.S. Air Force’s next generation Global Positioning System (GPS-3) has delivered the program’s pathfinder spacecraft to the company’s Denver-area facility, Lockheed announced...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] XTAR has initiated a community service campaign to support wounded soldiers during their recovery and return to civilian life, the X-band operator announced Dec. 13.    XTAR...

[Satellite TODAY 12-14-11] The European Commission (EC) unveiled plans Dec. 12 to establish a cross-border surveillance and satellite tracking system, which will aim to allow border guards to share information...

Satelites Mexicanos (Satmex) will launch operations on its new, fully funded Satmex 8 satellite beginning in the third quarter of 2012, the Mexican operator announced Dec. 7.    Satmex 8 is...

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11] O3b Networks exercised the first of the two options in its contract with Arianespace for an additional launch in 2014 to support the O3b satellite constellation, the...

Telemar and Orbit Communications Group have joined forces to launch iCGlobal, a new maritime satellite communications offering. The new solution aims to combine the benefits of robust, all-weather global coverage of C-Band and...

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11]Satellite network connectivity provider Vitacom has entered into a partnership with Romantis Group to become a distributor of its UHP VSAT products, Vitacom announced Dec. 12.    To...

Gilat Satellite Networks was selected by an unnamed Latin American operator to deliver a full scale SkyEdge 2 network comprised of hubs and VSATs supporting connectivity to a national post office...

[Satellite TODAY 12-13-11] GlobeCast Americas appointed Bart Palmer as its new CTO effective Jan. 2, the company announced Dec. 12.    Palmer will report to GlobeCast Americas CEO Lisa Coelho...