Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 12-09-11] Satellite technology developer Track24 has won a contract to supply the Canadian government with short burst data (SBD) services from MSS operator Iridium Communications, Track24 announced Dec....

[Satellite News 12-09-11] LightSquared’s quest to challenge a perceived 4G LTE market duopoly in the United States has been anything but easy. Plagued by interference issues surrounding nearby GPS signals...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Prime contractor China Great Wall Industry Corp. (CGWIC) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space to build Turkmenistan’s first national communications satellite that CGWIC is scheduled...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] European FSS satellite operator Eutelsat has granted approval to Vislink’s Advent Flydrive 120 Antenna, the companies confirmed Dec. 7.    Eutelsat fully tested the Advent Flydrive 120...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] Iridium Communications has expanded its board of directors from ten members to eleven members and has appointed Retired U.S. Navy Adm. Eric Olson as the additional director,...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 12-08-11] The ESPN sports network renegotiated its broadcast contract with the National Football League (NFL) and has agreed to pay $15.2 billion over eight years for the...

[Satellite TODAY 12-08-11] 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....

The design of the modern satellite has taken several different evolutionary paths during the past five years. They have both grown and shrunk. The variety of their capabilities has both...

[Satellite News 12-01-11] One of the in-flight connectivity market’s biggest success stories this year was Panasonic Avionics, as the company dramatically expanded its X-series service contract network. The global communication...

[Satellite News 11-29-11] FSS operators have big plans for Africa in 2012, with investments in fleet and service expansion across the continent in a race set to begin with the...