Author: Jeffrey Hill

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Polish technology company TS2 has signed a strategic agreement with Satcom Global to distribute the Iridium Extreme global network phone to its customers and national trade partners, TS2...

[Satellite TODAY 10-10-11] Global satellite communications provider NSSL Global has brought its spot beam on the SES NSS6 satellite online to support shipping in South East Asia and increase its...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-07-11] Sea Launch AG successfully placed the Intelsat 18 satellite into orbit Oct. 5 onboard a land launch Zenit-3SLB rocket from the Baikonur Space Center in Kazakhstan,...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] Thales Alenia Space rejected Globalstar’s recent order for six quick-delivery spacecraft as part of its second-generation constellation, according to documents filed Oct. 5 with the U.S. Securities...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The highly anticipated and long-delayed launch of the ViaSat-1 high-capacity satellite is now scheduled for Oct. 19, the satellite’s operator ViaSat confirmed Oct. 6. The satellite will...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] MSS operator Inmarsat has selected Hughes Network Systems to develop a new machine-to-machine (M2M) terminal for its BGAN service, the companies announced Oct. 6.    Hughes recently...

[Satellite TODAY 10-07-11] The gross merchandise transaction value of mobile payments for physical goods will exceed $170 billion worldwide by 2015 — nearly tripling the market’s $60 billion forecasts for...

[Satellite TODAY Insider 10-06-11] Independent global investment banking firm Greenhill & Co. (GHL) will sell all 9.8 million of its stock shares in mobile satellite operator Iridium Communications during a...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Hundreds of satellite executives, manufacturers, scientists and end-users from a wide variety of industry sectors packed into the Oct. 4 Hosted Payload Summit to address issues and...

[Satellite TODAY 10-06-11] Earth imagery solutions provider DigitalGlobe has received a one-year, $37.9 million value-added services contract from the U.S. National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) under the NGA’s new Enhanced GEOINT...